Enough Design Methods
▻http://www.themoderniststudio.com/2018/05/28/enough-design-methods
I’m concerned that the methods we’re publishing in all of our well designed card decks are making our profession appear stupid, and doing a disservice to the people using the cards. Collaging is fun, and participatory design is an important part of research. It’s valuable to give participants rudimentary tools like collaging material that help them express their creative ideas even when they don’t know how to create artifacts with more fidelity. But participatory design is not collaging: it’s tacit knowledge, built on years of experience. Video editing is not a “method.” It’s a profession. Each of the activities that has been boiled down to a method card are really the hard, roll up your sleeves work of practicing designers. No method can be the solution for solving the world’s hardest problems. Only hard work, perseverance, and a lifetime of experience can drive the real problem solving, form giving, and changemaking we strive for as designers.