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Design Thinkers, Design Keepers, and Design Baggage

By Chad | Published: March 11, 2010
I was going to write a post today about the ways in which design is being discussed, viewed, and used by individuals and organizations. My colleague, Matty Snyder, and I have spent a lot of time discussing this and alas, he beat me to it and wrote it better than I could have. Check it [...]
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Interpreting Interaction Design

By Chad | Published: September 17, 2009
As I was reading Verbalising the Visual, I came across a passage that seemed to set of a big, fun, messy string of thoughts about the ways things are interpreted.  Clarke states: It is sometimes thought that interpreting images of functional artefacts, such as a food processor or digital camera, is easier than interpreting works [...]
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Interaction Culture Class

By Chad | Published: September 4, 2009
So this week I embarked upon a new journey in my HCI/d education in Indiana University’s Master’s program.  The ship I am on is called Interaction Culture, and it is headed by Captain Jeffrey Bardzell.  In this class we will look at how theories in the humanities, specifically aesthetics and critical theory can be applied [...]
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