Discussion Archive: March 2005

what is the designer stereotype

Hello, if you detest and hate off-topic questions from deep inside
your heart please ignore this post. I promise this will be the only
time I do this.

First of all I'd like to introduce myself as a new member of the list.

I'm Peter Marquardt, a german graphic-design student in his second
semester soon.

learning IxD in school: is a master'sdegreenecessary?

I am going to disagree on this. While I don't think a Master's degree
is the end-all be-all in the field, I think a good program can teach
some good fundamentals on which to base your later work on. That being
said, yes, I would probably take a seasoned IxD vet over someone just
out of school, but when I am looking at similar years of experience, the
Master's degree is going to weigh heavily in your favor (even if you
have slightly less experience.)

I find programming to be similar.

Resource: A Good User Research Report // Write-up: Visit to 'You Are Here - the design of information' Exhibition in Design Museum (London )

(Apologies for the outrageous cross posting - thought this might be of some
general interest)

Hi All,

I recently visited the Design Museum's 'You Are Here - the design of
information' Exhibition in London and have done a bit of a write up of that
on the cambridge UPA blog http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/
<http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/>

Whilst there, I picked up quite an interesting report entitled "Touching the
State" a document about what it means to be a British ci

learning IxD in school: is a master's degree necessary?

Hi everyone,

I am planning to pursue a career in interaction design and am looking for some
advice about how much master's degrees are valued in industry.

A few questions:

1) Do you look for a master's degree when selecting people for IxD- and
HCI-related jobs at your company?

2) Is a "professional" master's degree (just coursework) looked on just as
highly as a regular master's degree, which includes research?

3) How much does the name of the school matter out in industry?

I've received admission to a Canadian school where I would complete a research
master's in HCI, with cour