标题：Writing and Designing a Book about Design and Designing for Young Designers: People who don’t like to Learn by Reading....and the lessons learned along the way.
期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2012
语种：English
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：Writing a book for design students based on a range of lessons, maxims and wisdoms that had been accumulated over thirty years in the field seemed like a valid exercise. Unfortunately the task was made initially difficult by the simple realization that designers, who many consider to be visual thinkers, tend not to look to books in their attempts to learn how to design. This realization led, eventually, to the choice of a particular format, though with the added realizations that, while, in the past, we have predominantly looked to traditional formats for the creation of texts, papers and books in Engineering, Design and Science, the developments in our technological capabilities for storing and retrieval of information have, quite recently, changed, perhaps forever, how we choose to access all forms of information. The danger now lies in writing for the sake of recording research activity, and in not writing for effective communication, with due consideration for the implications of the chosen media, the time availability, level of comprehension, and the mode of preferred comprehension of the reader. Tradition is strong in the creation of the written word, but we appear to have passed through what could be described as a ‘tipping point’ , which now offers a unique opportunity to encourage and promote more effective modes of communication; more dynamic, interactive, visual, in the appropriate format and location, ‘accurate, brief and clear’, and just when it is needed.
