Daniel thanks for opening this up. Would it be possible to extend this even
further to discuss what the requisite skills are for the other design
disciplines since we seem to represent a diversity-Hoping to post some
thought on fashion as its the area of education I have been developing a
program for.
Kathryn
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Daniel Chambers <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The discussion on a definition of design has been, and continues to be,
> quite fascinating. I wonder if I might be so bold as to ask the following:
>
> Since a definition of design without context is (as seems to be the general
> consensus) quite useless to all but the pondering researcher, what then are
> the requisite skills of the (eg Product) Designer? What is it that we are
> trying to develop through a design education?
>
> Or, in more vulgar terms, what could a design course absolutely NOT do
> without?
>
> I look forward again to your thoughts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
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