Lou Rosenfeld on the similarities between university deans and cats
Returning to the Design Council in London last night - AIGA Experience Design: Adaptive Design - reminded me that I'd meant to post a little snippet from Lou Rosenfeld, which he let loose at the same venue a few weeks back. When I suggested to him that using the example of a university website to demonstrate certain principles of information architecture might not be too generalisable, as universities - at least in the the UK - are highly federal institutions, where departments and faculties do exactly what they feel like, Lou confirmed that this was the case: "It's the same in the US. Herding deans is more difficult than herding cats," according to Lou. Anyone offered a university internet or intranet project: you have been warned.