Comments on: Metaphors for Design part I http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/ Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: niblettes » Blog Archive » You Don’t Control Your Brand — We Do - Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness - from Vancouver BC http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-11087 niblettes » Blog Archive » You Don’t Control Your Brand — We Do - Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness - from Vancouver BC Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:35:16 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-11087 [...] Metaphors for Design part I(02/27/06) [...] [...] Metaphors for Design part I(02/27/06) [...]

]]> By: Gabriel White http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-102 Gabriel White Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:14:59 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-102 Good points. I guess it just proves that metaphors are, well, just metaphors. Good points. I guess it just proves that metaphors are, well, just metaphors.

]]> By: niblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-98 niblettes Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:56:20 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-98 Yeah, I suppose that is also a good metaphor. After thinking about it there are a few places it doesn't work though. All too often therapists don't or can't help thier petients solve thier problems, or visiting the therapist becomes a chronic long term activity. I'm not sure these are quite what designers shoot for. Of course, sometimes doctors accidentally kill patients--so there are some inocngruities with this metaphor too. Thanks for posting. Yeah, I suppose that is also a good metaphor. After thinking about it there are a few places it doesn’t work though. All too often therapists don’t or can’t help thier petients solve thier problems, or visiting the therapist becomes a chronic long term activity. I’m not sure these are quite what designers shoot for.

Of course, sometimes doctors accidentally kill patients–so there are some inocngruities with this metaphor too.

Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Gabriel White http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-97 Gabriel White Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:12:56 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/02/27/metaphors-for-design-part-i/#comment-97 Interesting stuff. I've been thinking about the metaphor of designer as therapist for a while. For the medical metaphor it has the "feature" that the healing process is a collaborative one (rather than the physician, who operates on the patient as an object); the theraphist and the patient together create something that did not exist before. Looking forward to the next installment... Interesting stuff. I’ve been thinking about the metaphor of designer as therapist for a while. For the medical metaphor it has the “feature” that the healing process is a collaborative one (rather than the physician, who operates on the patient as an object); the theraphist and the patient together create something that did not exist before.

Looking forward to the next installment…

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