I’m currently writing two papers. At this point, bits of these papers seem to resemble two chapters of my thesis.
Category Archives: phd
(Teaching) Models of Models
February 20 10
Hugh Dubberly recently published an article called Models of Models where he introduces the concept of models and then breaks down the constituent parts so the reader can think about how to make and evaluate models for themselves. (hint – read the pdf, it communicates more richly than the post. the article also appears in [...]
on design literacy
October 7 09
After yesterdays chat with Dan Hill, the EdDirections workshop, and werock event last night, I’ve been thinking about how design moves out of the studio and into the cubes & labs.
design. experience. interaction.
September 25 09
so – after a few weeks getting my head very damaged, I’m feeling a lot better about were I am wrt a meta discourse on interaction design. Highlights from the past few weeks for me were:
Herbert Simon’s use of the word “cookbooky” in Sciences of the Artificial
Richard Buchanan’s “placements” and subsequent alignments I started to [...]
A college whose goal is
September 8 09
“… the creative person who thinks politically and is familiar with modern methods, and who with social responsibility and his own creative talents designs the lifestyles of our technological and industrial age.”
Inge Scholl, 8 May, 1950
The view behind the foreground. The political history of the Ulm School of Design (1953-1968)«. Stuttgart 2002.
Photo: Hannes Rosenberg: Inge [...]
Design at the threshold
August 23 09
At our recent ixda board retreat (caveat – I’m an IxDA Director) there was overwhelming agreement that we (the org, network, & field) were at a tipping point. Technological culture has extended to affect so much of our experience*, and it’s clear that Design is going to play a pivotal role in helping us thrive [...]
making it up as we go along
May 28 09
I believe that interaction design (and by extension, service design) is an emerging practice.
Designers who do this kind of stuff are making a lot of it up as they go along. They’re inventing new methods, creating hybrids of “best practices”, testing the effectiveness of their existing methods, and (thankfully) sharing their discoveries with the wider [...]
so what’s the real reason?
May 21 09
had a small breakthrough today on the PhD: when asked to write for 10 minutes non stop in a ‘how to get yourself started’ workshop.
I discovered that I’ve never really stated that I want to approach this PhD as a design problem, looking at education and other things (like IxDA) as a service.
so
if IxDA, education [...]
Phd proposal update
May 19 09
Designing Interaction Design
essential qualities and capacities for interaction design practice
What am I doing?
Fifteen years ago, you could find Interaction Designers – if you traveled to Silicon Valley, or maybe a few select Universities across the world. Today, the profession supports a global network numbering in the thousands. Many of the professions leaders have backgrounds [...]
PhD poster and abstract
May 12 09
Designing Interaction Design
PhD (Communication Design)
This research explores the rapidly forming field of Interaction Design, and seeks to answer the following questions:
what qualities and capacities do interaction designers deem essential to their practice?
how can this knowledge inform academic and professional roles in the development of this emerging field?
