Comments on: design economy and kinetic typography… http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/ brief reflections on design related readings Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Emily Frye http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-12 Emily Frye Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:07:15 +0000 http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-12 "This is a growing concern of mine as I feel far behind on most software learning curves and most of all on employers’ requirement of advanced knowledge of various “coding.” I would not be surprised if in the near future all design students were required to take advanced CS courses." I agree with you and Jack. I keep having this growing fear that what I know is never enough, and part of it is just me wanting to have TOTAL control over a project. But I think there was something said at Emergence about designer’s role, and how our job is to empower people to do what they need to do. I think in some cases that have to empower people to take action (like my project this semester) or... it's our job to empower software engineers with the knowledge to create something that is friendly to the user and pertinent... and beautiful! As if our job wasn’t hard enough… “This is a growing concern of mine as I feel far behind on most software learning curves and most of all on employers’ requirement of advanced knowledge of various “coding.” I would not be surprised if in the near future all design students were required to take advanced CS courses.”

I agree with you and Jack. I keep having this growing fear that what I know is never enough, and part of it is just me wanting to have TOTAL control over a project. But I think there was something said at Emergence about designer’s role, and how our job is to empower people to do what they need to do. I think in some cases that have to empower people to take action (like my project this semester) or… it’s our job to empower software engineers with the knowledge to create something that is friendly to the user and pertinent… and beautiful! As if our job wasn’t hard enough…

]]> By: Jack Moffett http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-11 Jack Moffett Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:46:42 +0000 http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-11 "Designers seldom code—if you are attached to programming, all power to you: the world needs more design-sensitive programmers. But unless you have complete control over your projects, you will be short-changing your users by trying to design and develop at the same time—it's a conflict of interest. So, if you can't stomach the thought of abandoning programming, interaction design may not be for you." -Robert Reimann “Designers seldom code—if you are attached to programming, all power to you:
the world needs more design-sensitive programmers. But unless you have
complete control over your projects, you will be short-changing your users
by trying to design and develop at the same time—it’s a conflict of
interest. So, if you can’t stomach the thought of abandoning programming,
interaction design may not be for you.”
-Robert Reimann

]]> By: Jack Moffett http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-10 Jack Moffett Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:34:35 +0000 http://mlkreative.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/design-economy-and-kinetic-typography/#comment-10 "This is a growing concern of mine as I feel far behind on most software learning curves and most of all on employers’ requirement of advanced knowledge of various “coding.” I would not be surprised if in the near future all design students were required to take advanced CS courses." I would not be overly concerned about this. While there are currently many job descriptions out there that ask for a modern-day DaVinci, the consensus of the design community (and Interaction Designers in particular) is that the ability to implement designs in code is not a requirement. If you plan to design software, than you need a certain level of understanding about the capabilities of the environment in which your designs will be implemented. If you plan to design for the web, it would behoove you to have some knowledge of HTML, CSS, and the like. However, the designer that is also a good software engineer is an extremely rare bird. As and example, I myself am quite proficient with HTML and CSS, and I am quite capable with Lingo the scripting language used in Adobe Director. I know enough about JavaScript to be able to get a general understanding of what it is doing by looking at it, but I can't write it, nor can I do any kind of server scripting such as PERL or PHP. I don't know ActionScript, although many web designers do. It is highly unlikely that designers will be required to take advanced CS courses. They are sometimes required to take introductory courses, which is beneficial. “This is a growing concern of mine as I feel far behind on most software learning curves and most of all on employers’ requirement of advanced knowledge of various “coding.” I would not be surprised if in the near future all design students were required to take advanced CS courses.”

I would not be overly concerned about this. While there are currently many job descriptions out there that ask for a modern-day DaVinci, the consensus of the design community (and Interaction Designers in particular) is that the ability to implement designs in code is not a requirement. If you plan to design software, than you need a certain level of understanding about the capabilities of the environment in which your designs will be implemented. If you plan to design for the web, it would behoove you to have some knowledge of HTML, CSS, and the like. However, the designer that is also a good software engineer is an extremely rare bird.

As and example, I myself am quite proficient with HTML and CSS, and I am quite capable with Lingo the scripting language used in Adobe Director. I know enough about JavaScript to be able to get a general understanding of what it is doing by looking at it, but I can’t write it, nor can I do any kind of server scripting such as PERL or PHP. I don’t know ActionScript, although many web designers do.

It is highly unlikely that designers will be required to take advanced CS courses. They are sometimes required to take introductory courses, which is beneficial.

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