As designers Chris and Chin have developed a careful listening in their work. Being witness to the client or commisioner's idea's is fundamental to their work. In this contribution Chris and Chin
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What is a designer? What is the public notion of this group of professionals whose presence is mostly behind the scene?
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What impact does the designer-commissioner relationship has on the outcome of the design? What are the elements of concerns in this relationship?
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What happens when the slow dance take on an interesting switch? The designer dancing the steps of the commissioner and vice versa.
Is the presence of the manufacturer complicating the existing designer-commissioner relationship?
Precisely how does the designer make his/her decisions in the process of design; what leads him or her to the final design solution? In other words, where are the ideas coming from?
Do the end-users have a presence in the design process? Being the ultimate client, what impact do the end-users have on the design?
How does a designer look at the work of his or her fellow colleagues? What are the issues of concern?
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Self-witnessing is vital to human social interaction, so what happen when a designer fails to witness his/her own presence? And for a designer, is this self-witnessing to be present at all times?