The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist (Vladimir Raisov's Library) by Frederick P. Brooks

Author:Frederick P. Brooks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Published: 2010-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Hazards of the Progressive Truthfulness Mode

Although I postulate that progressive truthfulness is how the most productive and easy-to-use design systems must be built, it has its inherent hazards.

Some will argue that broad exposure to exemplars will implicitly limit the designer’s creativity. Could the designs of a Brunelleschi, a Le Corbusier, a Gehry, a Gaudí, emerge from the minds of designers so indoctrinated?

I submit that they did. None were amateurs. All trained by studying precedents. Like Bach, they innovated from mastery, not ignorance. The Grandma Moseses of the world are few.

Perhaps more relevant, these “but what about?” examples represent a minute fraction of designs, and a great tool doesn’t have to provide for discontinuities.

The true hazards of progressive truthfulness lurk in the library. Bad models, too few models, too narrow a variety of models—these shortcomings will most limit the emerging designs. This hazard will be worst at the beginning.

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