Comments on: The time may not be very remote… http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/ Design / BOP / Social Entrepreneurship / Sustainable Living / New Product Development / Technology Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ash Bhoopathy http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3342 Ash Bhoopathy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:20:39 +0000 http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3342 I don't think that people actually ever 'become' a professional anymore. I guess with the exception of professions that require a credential, like physician or lawyer or real estate broker, your awareness and accrued abilities establish a credential. That said, there are varying degrees of proficiency and skill. You and I are both designers, but our abilities to create stuff like a prototype to show someone what a business model might look like... or what the future of _____ could be are far superior, to, say, our rendering abilities with Maxwell. I don’t think that people actually ever ‘become’ a professional anymore. I guess with the exception of professions that require a credential, like physician or lawyer or real estate broker, your awareness and accrued abilities establish a credential.

That said, there are varying degrees of proficiency and skill.
You and I are both designers, but our abilities to create stuff like a prototype to show someone what a business model might look like… or what the future of _____ could be are far superior, to, say, our rendering abilities with Maxwell.

]]> By: david sonders http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3341 david sonders Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:21:09 +0000 http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3341 Don't know of you saw my comment in the Idiom, so I'm going to double down... That’s some deep sh*t, Ash. Maybe that’s what I mean when I tell someone I work in Design? Create and communicate… are those the core skills of the designer? Create: synthesize something new from existing but inchoate components (e.g. objects, businesses, meaning, etc.). Communicate: explain something to others in a way they can understand rationally and resonate with emotionally (words, images, interactions, etc.). Obviously we like to think that our discipline is way more complex than that, but those two skills might just be the essence of a designer. So, am *I* a designer? According to the above formula, maybe. P.S. Paola Antonelli is awesome. Definitely one of the sharpest, most articulate design pundits out there. Don’t know of you saw my comment in the Idiom, so I’m going to double down…

That’s some deep sh*t, Ash. Maybe that’s what I mean when I tell someone I work in Design? Create and communicate… are those the core skills of the designer? Create: synthesize something new from existing but inchoate components (e.g. objects, businesses, meaning, etc.). Communicate: explain something to others in a way they can understand rationally and resonate with emotionally (words, images, interactions, etc.). Obviously we like to think that our discipline is way more complex than that, but those two skills might just be the essence of a designer.

So, am *I* a designer? According to the above formula, maybe.

P.S. Paola Antonelli is awesome. Definitely one of the sharpest, most articulate design pundits out there.

]]> By: Emily http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3328 Emily Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:43:56 +0000 http://www.bhoopathy.net/wordpress/2008/04/14/the-time-may-not-be-very-remote/#comment-3328 well said-- and great quote. i especially appreciate the comment about writing well that you highlighted. i think this is a skill that many designers take for granted but it's more important than ever. thanks and keep up the great blog well said– and great quote. i especially appreciate the comment about writing well that you highlighted. i think this is a skill that many designers take for granted but it’s more important than ever. thanks and keep up the great blog

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