Yesterday a designer friend was talking about his shop and he said some stuff that really inspired me I will paraphrase what he said but I tried to imagine it as a statement. Its a bit twee and sentimental but I think I want to craft a similar “goal statement” for how I would want interaction designers and (future) product designers to be perceived.

Our technology team is awesome because they have a passion for technology. They are really energetic about the creation process and they are create to have participating in the design process because they actively influence the design by helping suggesting things we hadn’t though of before.

They are completely integrated in our creative process and I consider them enablers. They are proactive in socializing new technology and are truly
partners, not a service

They rarely so no but they do speak up and tell us we’re insane when they need to, keep us in check and help us all come up with a better solution.