Monday, August 10, 2009

Looking for those who delight in it.

I want to find the people who delight in what we can do in the interactive space.

I'm not interested in the early adopters. That role seems to be more about a pissing match than really loving the interactive space.

I'm not interested in the guys who only see this space as just another business opportunity. They are too serious and can't fit their hearts into it. Business is an important element of course, but they won't innovate from that place.

I'm tired of the guys who are focused on this as a tech revolution. They've lost sight of other centers to orbit around like the users, or art, or how our minds work or etiquette and democracy. They narrow their options when they see this work as being part of one narrative - the story of evolving technology. In the end, technological advancement may not be the primary story civilization is here to tell.

I am looking for people like the Eames, or people who are tucked away at IDEO or at the California College of the Arts like Nathan Shedroff, or for people nearby like David Cooksey or Vineet Thapar. People who simply love design and what happens to it in the interactive experience.

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