The Faculty Blog @ IIT Institute of Design

Why games are essential ingredients for the future of design...

via shakeoutblog.com

One of my students, Raph forwarded this blog post to me and I procrastinated from reading it. Till now!

Click the link for TWO amazing videos - both of which show why Games and Game Theory will effect the way we design...

Good watch (especially the second one - Jesse Schell @ DICE, which is already quite viral).

{thanks Raph}

How fidelity effects prototyping

Kim Erwin pointed me to this interesting article on prototyping. The article points to a very interesting discussion about fidelity. Take a peek -

http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/integrating

Some other stuff you need to know

A couple of years ago Michael Bierut republished a list of the Top Then Things They Never Taught Me In Design School. Maybe ID teaches us some of these things, but it's a good list to think about and remember -- even if you're not a designer. For those too busy to click on a link, here is the Cliff's Notes version:

1. Talent is one-third of the success equation.
2. 95 percent of any creative profession is shit work.
3. If everything is equally important, then nothing is very important.
4. Don’t over-think a problem.
5. Start with what you know; then remove the unknowns.
6. Don’t forget your goal.
7. When you throw your weight around, you usually fall off balance.
8. The road to hell is paved with good intentions; or, no good deed goes unpunished.
9. It all comes down to output.
10. The rest of the world counts.