Felix on Design

I’ve had the privilege to work with some great people over the years and Elliot Felix over at DEGW is one who stands out. In the spring of 2010, he put fingers to keys around the topic of “Closing the Design Gap.” Even though the frame of the paper is centered on architecture, the focus is really on design and how it should relate to human needs. His argument is something that those in academic technology need to always think about.

Or to put it another way, what people need isn’t always what they want. The trick is to achieve both, successfully.