Re: UCD (was Re: Can XD Survive the Hype?)

I like "human-centered design," as it allows us other flights of fancy. 
For instance, the National Zoo has designed this incredible system of 
high-tension cables and platforms to allow the orangutans to commute 
from their main living area to the research center they work in each 
day. It is a groundbreaking example of orangutan-centered design.  We 
can establish sub-fields, and new AIGA mailing lists, for 
robot-centered design, cat-centered design, 
reality-TV-contestant-centered design; all devoted to these species' 
differing cognitive systems, and advancing corresponding best practices 
and research.

It's a brave new world to have such career opportunities in it!

On May 15, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Dan Saffer wrote:

>
>  On May 15, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Paula Thornton wrote:
>
>  >
>  > I continue to be dismayed by the use of the term UCD. While the
>  > underlying
>  > principles are 'somewhat' sound regardless of a label, here is a 
> term
>  > that
>  > clearly had its roots in products and technology attempting to fake
>  > its way
>  > into human interaction as it expands to the larger scale. In the 
> end it
>  > fails.
>  >
>
>  What would you suggest as an alternative? I'll grant you that it's not
>  only users we need to be aware of when designing (there are, for
>  instance, those others that the product affects and other agents 
> (human
>  or otherwise) within systems). Would human-center design suit you
>  better? Humanistic design?
>
>
>  Dan
>
>
>  Dan Saffer
>  M.Des. Candidate, Interaction Design
>  Carnegie Mellon University
> http://www.odannyboy.com
>
>
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