Comments on: Das Design Revolution http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/ Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: markgreen http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8173 markgreen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8173 Stuart: thanks this made me laugh – and at the end of a long day of meetings beating my head against at least 6 of the above a laugh was needed.

]]> By: jbermanwebguru http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8174 jbermanwebguru Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8174 Great article, however don’t be too quick to discount the creative abilities of a programmer. Take me for example: I’m a programmer that went to art school. I know quite a few programmers who are similar. Don’t assume that my role is a programmer, therefore I cannot be creative. It is the opposite, programming requires some of the most creative thinking I’ve seen. We typically do not stifle creativity, in fact we understand the creative process and can contribute bleeding-edge innovations that a typical designer wouldn’t think of. In my experience, a lot of designers share a print design mentality and consider their designs to be a concrete, however a web site could be constantly moving and changing as a user interacts with it, rotates it, resizes it, drags it, opens up context menus, expands and collapses content. That’s where you need a programmer involved to help shape what dynamic interfaces should be. Just a thought.

]]> By: cwodtke http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8175 cwodtke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8175 As the piece is satire, I wouldn’t fret too much over any comments regarding certain discipline’s creativity or lack thereof.

I agree that too often programmers are considered code monkeys, rather than the creative inventors they truly are… and the design team is referred to as “the creatives,” so that will shape perceptions of whose job it is to innovate.

]]> By: gilbertmidonnet http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8176 gilbertmidonnet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/das-design-revolution/#comment-8176 John,

I couldn’t agree with you more. I too went to art school and then became a programmer. Years later I’m combining both as a UX designer. Still that one comment about designers having a print design mentality is perfectly stated. The created mock-up is perfection. The fact that the real world, which doesn’t have perfectly kerned lettering, doesn’t live up to the design and is flawed.

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