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John Maeda: If You Want to Survive in Design, You Better Learn to Code(wired.com)

over 6 years ago from Benjamin Valmont, Designer

  • Tyler Cecchi, over 6 years ago

    I agree, but I don't see how that invalidates writing code as design.

    If design is how products work, and code is what defines how products work, how is writing code not design?

    I don't buy that retro-fitting a 'classical' designer into an engineering mindset is the right way to design a product. I would have to think that it would be much easier and more efficient for engineers to adopt a product design mindset, seeing as they already use a ton design concepts when writing code.

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    • Jason MillerJason Miller, over 6 years ago

      You've got me backwards. I'm saying that writing code IS design.

      Or more accurately that code is the final expression of design, and so it's a design task to make sure that the design intent survives the development process.

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