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Interdisciplinary Conclusion
The way I've been hyping visual artists throughout this paper, you
might think that all you need to create a top-notch graphical user
interface is a top notch visual artist. To tell you the truth...
I don't think it works that way. Visual Art has been an obvious
element for consideration in user interface design since the
introduction of the first GUI, yet artists are still viewed as an
`outside consultant' to a team of (more important) programmers. What
we really need is better understanding, acceptance, and cooperation
among the various disciplines that contribute to GUI design,
including Visual Art. Scott Kim envisions a sort of
`Interdisciplinary Ambassador'[8] who can bring together
experts from diverse disciplines and help them pool their resources to
create results greater than any other combination or individual could
achieve:
Together, a graphic designer and a programmer can create something
much stronger than either one could create alone.[8]
Visual Art has been a field of study for hundreds of years.
Human-Computer Interaction is a baby by comparison. Why reinvent the
wheel? Developers of today's and tomorrow's Graphical User Interfaces
should stand atop the mountain of knowledge and experience offered by
the field of Visual Art, and continue to climb from there.
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