Re: [Sigia-l] Role of designer eroded?
Emily Leahy-Thieler <[email protected]>
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I'm with you. Our skills are so widely applicable and adaptable that I'm hard pressed to think of a product (physical or digital) that doesn't need an ia (ux, etc.) If people use it, I can help! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Jonathan Baker-Bates <[email protected]> wrote: I'm probably trolling, but what the hell... Has anyone else noticed a small but increasing trend for people to equate the coming of social media, "web 2.0" etc. as in some way signalling the erosion (or even complete eclipse) of the traditional role of the designer? I'm not sure what Dan Chamberlain meant on an earlier thread here when he asked whether there is a role for the information architect in the social media environment, but that's the sort of thing I'm talking about. I was also fairly amazed to hear Matt Webb of design agency Schulze & Webb appearing to conclude a similar thing in his Reboot Britain talk a few weeks ago: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7510 (I say "appearing to conclude" because I'm unsure what he was really trying to say - and to be honest I found it a pretty aggravating talk in the end). I'm all for the idea that design needs to accommodate culture, and that design itself contributes to and shapes culture, but I'm not sure how that then means the role of the designer has, or even needs, to change. Am I the dinosaur here or is this "new role" stuff just hot air? Jonathan ------------ IA Summit 2009: Peabody Hotel in Memphis Pre cons on March 18 and 19 Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l ------------ IA Summit 2009: Peabody Hotel in Memphis Pre cons on March 18 and 19 Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l