{"id":975,"date":"2012-07-23T16:16:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T16:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proxystudio.uxpin.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2020-04-22T06:39:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:39:40","slug":"designers-solve-problems-by-building-interfaces-polemics-with-joshua-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/designers-solve-problems-by-building-interfaces-polemics-with-joshua-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"Designers solve problems by building interfaces. Polemics with Joshua Porter."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Philosophy<\/p>\n

Philosophy of Design<\/h2>\n

The Design industry is a kingdom of philosophers.<\/strong> Our meta discussions are endless. We constantly try to define and re-define our own field. Decisive response to environmental change (like Agile and Lean) takes us literally years.<\/p>\n

And I love it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meta discussions show that we deeply care about our jobs and give us an in-depth insight into the nature of our field. Philosophical disposition helps us better understand what we are and what we are not doing right. It\u2019s absolutely great… unless it detains us in our ivory towers.<\/p>\n

Futile Crusade<\/h2>\n

Joshua Porter, author of unforgettable Designing Social Interfaces<\/a>, one of my favorite UX bloggers, asks in his latest blog post<\/a>: \u201eIs design building interfaces or solving problems?\u201d and starts his crusade against closing up design in sprints.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid that the question itself is misleading and the crusade is rather futile.
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Is there really a dichotomy between building interfaces and solving problems? No, and I wouldn\u2019t assume that Joshua really thinks there is. As I understand, Josh is not trying to conflict both definitions, but rather to emphasize the power of building interfaces anchored in a problem-solving approach to design. Fair enough. This is a statement that I can wholeheartedly agree with.<\/p>\n