Madisyn Kovach
Designing for New Media Ch. 6 Notes
- The Designer as Persuader
- A designer associates and embeds existing words into his design, which then becomes a proxy for the designer himself. This view of design language is the view of designer as persuader.
- Buchanan argues that designers can not help but persuade, and technology is often used as smoke and mirrors to insert an empty dialogue.
- Rhetorical argument implies a sense of purpose: “Indeed, design is an art of communication on two levels: It attempts to persuade audiences not only that a given design is useful, but also that the designer’s premises or attitudes and values regarding practical life or the proper role of technology are important, as well.”
- Designed Artifacts Identify an Underlying Culture
- Product form language is the basis for how people generate and interpret their surroundings.
- This has great implications for the design of mass-produced items
- The Interaction Designer shapes culture directly through the creation of new visual form language.
- The Honesty of Poetic Interactions
- Honesty is a difficult word to discuss as applied to product development, as it brings to mind issues of ethics, morality, and the basic axioms of humanity
- Frequently, business decisions are made with a great deal of thought and consideration, yet the dissemination of these goals is thwarted by tiers of middle management that twist and convolute both the decision and the rationale for that decision.
- A designer needs to be present in the boardroom, where these decisions are made.
- Providing a Vivid and Refined Attention to Sensory Detail
- In addition to honesty and mindfulness, a vivid and refined attention to sensory detail can be thought of as the last necessary element to encourage a poetic and resonant Interaction Design.
Thoughts on Interaction Design:
I honestly like the thought of interaction design. I like the parts of thinking digital products, environments, systems, and services that could interest the user. I always enjoy thinking about how I could make devices easier for the user when I am using that device. The only thing that I am really not a fan of is the actually coding of the design. I was never a huge fan of coding on dreamweaver so I don’t think I would like actually creating the device. I only like coming up with different ideas and designing the page attractively. This is how I feel about interaction design.