Nathan Borror

A couple weeks ago my Design Strategies and Methods professor asked us to write a page describing our “Worldview.” No one knew what a worldview was and we later found his vagueness was intentional, but I took a stab at it in hopes of finding some personal design philosophy I never had. Here’s a little excerpt mind you this is still pretty rough:

Design can become more open by making its strategies and methods more accessible, thus growing understanding and influencing better products, architecture, and artifacts.

We need to document our processes in ways that scale to meet the challenges of diverse situations. Design frameworks could offer clearer choices leading to stronger, more personal solutions. Frameworks in the open source development community have proven invaluable at lowering the barrier to entry and making programming more accessible.

If a couple can configure the house of their dreams, guided by an architects framework, they’ll lead a more comfortable life. If a mom can design a car that fits her unique needs, the car designer can focus more time on perfecting the framework which enabled her to do so.

One size does not fit all and designers need to be the harbinger of choice.

When I wrote this I felt a tad naive and unsure of what I was saying but after sitting in on Frames: Notes on Improvisation and Design by Liz Danzico this morning at Interaction 10 I felt the tiniest bit of validation :)

More thinking on this to come.