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2012-02-15

Dave and Northy playing around with my thesis project prototype -

2011-11-02

“The ideal physician surely possesses both competence and compassion. But will our quest to eradicate the coldhearted physician know-it-all be another fad with consequences we may later regret?”

From The Downside of Doctors Who Feel Your Pain

2011-10-27

The Apple Warrior, made by a 1st grader during cider pressing class-

2011-10-19

Today we teach the importance of doing design research first, then going through a period of ideation, prototyping and iterative refinement. Lots of us like this method. I do. I teach it. But this makes no sense when practical reality dictates that we do otherwise. If there is never enough time to start with research, then why do we preach such an impractical method?

— Don Norman on Core 77

I’ve illustrated my interpretation of Bruce Tharp’s article on the 4 fields of design in this graphic. In his article on the 4 fields, Tharp suggests new categories to define the discipline. Tharp describes each field, but he does not discuss the overall size of each. I think it is important to note that commercial design is much larger than the other disciplines (responsible, experimental, and discursive). Because of this and the nature of design as a practice, the other areas are influenced by and hold strong links to the commercial field. This changes the nature of the discipline in many ways. One of them is that research, in the way that it is viewed in the social sciences, becomes repurposed for more commercial endeavors. I really enjoyed reading Tharp’s article and thinking about it, but I’m curious to know whether his view of the 4 fields changes when considering the power of commercial design.

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Process documented well!

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