Jonas Downey

The Unnecessary Fragmentation of Design Jobs

Hey there, tech designer person. Have you noticed the increasing number of vague…

Hi Josh, thanks for the commentary on my post. I agree that our ideas and approaches may not be right for everyone. We’re all solving different problems, and what works for one product might not work for another.

That said, I think you’re basically arguing in favor of the conventional industry approach for how to do this…

I think that’s a self-indulgent argument that designers made up to justify their own ignorance. Has anyone ever had the problem of reduced creativity because the designer was too keenly aware of technical implementation details? If that’s a real problem, I’ve never seen it happen.

Hi Dan, I just hired a design intern for the summer, so I’m fresh on this topic. Here’s how I think of it…

When we’re hiring, we know that every applicant has to start from somewhere. They’re on some kind of trajectory forward, and they’re trying to get better. Some people have formal design training, some people started on…