[Sigia-l] "Better by Design"

[Thomas Vander Wal]

Ziya, I have not seen the Better by Design, but I will be looking out for it
on the schedules.

I have seen a couple episodes of iDesign on the Fine Living network
(http://www.fineliving.com/fine/idesign/), which sounds similar to BbD.
These shows are largely industrial design, but have been insightful into the
design processes that various people and organizations make.

All the best,
Thomas

On 3/26/04 1:08 AM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:

> I'm a sucker for behind-the-scenes documentaries, whether it's a political
> campaign, a studio recording session or, in this case, industrial design.
> I've been watching "Better by Design" Channel 4/Design Council productions
> featuring (Richard) Seymour and (Dick) Powell.
> 
> <http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/betterbydesign/>
> 
> They tackle everything from bras to economy-class airplane seat redesign.
> The process of research, requirements gathering, conceptualization,
> prototyping, presentation, etc. that happens in industrial product design is
> virtually the same as one would engage in IA work. Episodes are a bit too
> short at 30 mins so they become somewhat truncated and formulaic for me, but
> if your work involves overall app design I recommend "Better by Design" in
> reruns on PBS here.