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What does design mean?
Design is on my mind. This is mostly driven by my extracurricular reading, currently “Thoughtful Interaction Design”; I just finished Saffer’s book: “Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices”. Also, I sift through numerous blogs daily that focus on user experience and design in general. At work, we have been talking about design and the meaning of user experience extensively over the last few months. Our conversations culminated in Chris’ Intro to UXD presentation for the local STC chapter. I attended the presentation and enjoyed the discussion afterwards. At one point during the discussion, I explained how to utilize design as an approach to tackle problems faced in creating a sound user experience. I found myself giving a rote answer: design is about solving problems using design thinking, user centered methodologies, and so forth...