Change to IxDA Student Competition: Deadline Extension and Groups now allowed
Today the Jury of the IxDA Student Competition announce 2 changes to the competition. 1) That the deadline is extended to 31-Dec (Happy New Year!) @ 11:59pm US/PST. 2) That we will now be accepting submissions for groups. Get the announcement and learn all about the student competition. Yes, I know, this contradicts my previous post about why we are only accepting individual contributions. But we must evolve. I still haven’t heard anything persona

Why is the IxDA student competition for individuals only?
For those that may have missed it, I’m the chair person for the first IxDA Global Student Competition in Interaction Design. Since launching the competition there have been a slew of people asking if their team of 2-a billion could enter the competition. I have even been told that for some students they really only do work in teams and thus cannot enter the competition despite having excellent projects. I think that unlike other design disciplines’ competitions this competition is as much about the person doing the design as it is about the outcome of the design itself. We won’t just b

New survey researching needs for IxD graduate education
Whether you are a practitioner, student, educator or prospective design manager, I’d love to get your feedback on this survey. It should take a little bit of time, especially for employers, but I will do my best to make the information public once compiled. Thank you in advance. http://bit.ly/IxDEDU - dave Share and Enjoy:

The essence of Interaction Design
As part of a press release that was crafted by SCAD for the Interaction 10 | Savannah conference, i was asked for a quote (well a lot of quotes) and this one was put in there: “Interaction design is not the design of a medium but rather a philosophical shift in how to design for any medium. It answers the questions of why, how and what with a new lens and expanded impact,” I found it interesting that after a big brain dump on what is IxDA, what is its influence, what is its partnership with SCAD in the past and now in the future and what is

A vision for a student competition for IxDA
I’ve been asked to write up something about the Student Competition for IxDA that I’m the chair person for. Well, I think I did just that when I wrote up the vision of the competition we posted on the student competition web site. So instead of rewriting it, I’ll just quote the whole thing here in case you missed it or you enjoyed it so much you want to read it again. The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is committed to supporting the global community of practice for those practicing interaction design (IxD) regardless of specific roles in their day-to-day