Hasta La Ideas

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pemIn this third article in our series, Dogs on Design, writer Sarah F. Cox met Liz Danzico on the Brooklyn Promenade to talk about how interaction design is everywhere, whether you are in front of a computer screen or out walking the dog. Sarah’s blogging partner, a fox terrier named Raleigh, stayed home to guard her computer and work on her blog, a href=”http://raleighpop.wordpress.com/”Raleigh Pop/a./em/p

pa href=”http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/faculty/profile/liz_danzico/”Liz Danzico/a points a finger in the air, makes eye contact with her Vizsla, and lowers her finger, pointing to the ground. The dog, Lucy, obediently drops her hindquarters into the “sit” posture. As Lucy waits for the next command, Liz turns her attention to the Brooklyn Promenade where we stand on a sunny morning, surrounded by runners, walkers, tour groups, kids, strollers, and leashed dogs, most of whichmdash;unlike Lucymdash;pull on their leashes and bark. /p

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p”Information is passing us by,” says Liz, “that man might be tracking his run with Nike + (iPod sport kit).” She gestures toward the tour group, “they might be using Google maps, or physical maps. And that guy has a camera so those might end up on Flickr. He may be tweeting right now, too.” This world of flowing information is the one that Liz, chairperson of the a href=”http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/”MFA Program in Interaction Design/a at SVA, inhabits at all times. Now that the lines between design online and in the physical world are disappearing, everything is a design research opportunity and to her; it’s all about a href=”http://bobulate.com/”communication/a. /p

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