Weeknote 4: there might be an i in design but don’t let that fool you

Scene from Requiem for a Dream (2000) I’ve been reminding myself of what Jane Jacobs wrote: “[…] there must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind.” Everything we do in design is with others, otherwise we would run the risk of calling ourselves artists. The difference between work I’ve done elsewhere and in the team I’m now in (Digital Screening) is that we’re doing this in service of people running live services (Screening). Our missions are intricately linked. I tried to illustrate the environment teams work in below. A digital designer will be in a UCD team working with colleagues in product, tech and delivery on a project. That project is probably part of a programme managed by a programme manager (they’re…