After hearing Michael Echersley speak I was left with a greater understanding of exactly what an interaction designer is. He talked about a project that he was doing with his students that was funded by some car company. The students video taped themselves driving a car, paper buttons from an imaginary gps unit were tapped to different parts of the dashboard and steering wheel. Students would practice interacting with these fake buttons in order to find their optimal placement. It was very interesting. If I ever go to graduate school I am going to look into interaction design.
I though it was peculiar, Michael said a few times during his talk that he was not an artist. It had never entered my mind that you could be a designer without being an artist. I guess its true, but I had never thought about it. I also thought it was weird for DOVA to invite a visiting artist to speak who isn't really an artist.
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