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An Overview
The field : Terms, influences, organizations, jobs.
More on defining Interaction Design (IxD)? Principles Design activity
Terms Number of terms used emphasizing what is being designed, e.g.,
user interface design software design user-centered design product design usability, information architecture, human factors web design, User experience design (UX)
IxD is umbrella term covering all these aspects fundamental to all disciplines, fields, and approaches concerned
with researching and designing systems or products for people
Relationship between IxD, HCI and other fields Academic disciplines contributing to IxD:
Psychology Social Sciences Computing Sciences Engineering Ergonomics Information architecture Human factors engineering
Relationship between IxD, HCI and other fields Design practices contributing to IxD:
Graphic design Product design Artist-design Industrial design Film industry
Relationship between IxD, HCI and other fields Interdisciplinary fields that ‘do’ IxD:
HCI Human Factors Cognitive Engineering Cognitive Ergonomics Computer Supported Co-operative Work Information Systems It is everywhere
What do professionals do in the IxD business – Job titles?
Interaction designers |Interactive Designer Information architect Usability engineers Web designers UI / UX Designer Web UI Developer User Experience Designer Usability/UI Designer Game Design User Researcher Analytics/Analyst User Interface Designer (UX / Human Factors) FRONT-END UI DEVELOPER/DESIGNER
Jobs & Organizations• IXDA | http://www.ixda.org/
• UX Design | http://uxdesign.com/
• IxD Foundation | http://www.interaction-design.org
• UX Matter | http://www.uxmatters.com/index.php
• http://jobs.usernomics.com/a/jbb/find-jobs
• http://usabilityprofessionals.org/usability_resources/jobs/
Organizations | Resources http://interaction-design.org/ http://www.uxmatters.com/ http://www.ixda.org/ http://www.usabilityfirst.com/ http://www.usernomics.com/ http://www.hcibib.org/ http://usabilityprofessionals.org http://www.ideo.com/ http://boxesandarrows.com/
Organizations | Resources
http://www.cooper.com/ http://www.jnd.org/dn.pubs.html http://www.boxesandarrows.com/ http://www.uxmag.com/ http://www.core77.com/reactor/
Interaction Design Video
What is interaction Design? Mouse & Desktop:
Doug EngelbartTim MottLarry Tesler
My PCBill Atkinson
Defining the field Two main views of IxD, coming out of
different intellectual viewpoints but converging in practice.1. IxD as design discipline, focused on
digitally design materials.
2. IxD as an extension of HCI, a field originating in experimental psychology and computer science.
Source: http://interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/interaction_design.html
IxD as a Design Discipline
Focus "shaping interactive products & services" as design work.
Shares the following characteristic: Intends to improve situations by developing some sort of product or
service. Considers technical, aesthetic and ethical qualities in design. Involves developing an understanding of the task – the "problem". Entails thinking by
sketching, building models, and expressing potential ideas in other tangible forms.
IxD: As an Extension of HCI
Main concern in HCI is: to assert instrumental qualities such as
usability and usefulness of digital products and services.
aimed at work-related or task-oriented use situations.
typically focused on individual user and his/her goals.
IxD: As an Extension of HCI
Influential proponents Ben Shneiderman, Donald Norman, Stuart Card and Jenny Preece.
IxD: As an Extension of HCI
…a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with major phenomena surrounding them.
As defined by the Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
IxD: As an Extension of HCI Rough characterization of HCI as a field. It examines:
1. joint performance of tasks by humans and machines;
2. structure of communication between human and machine;
3. human capabilities to use machines (including learnability of interfaces);
4. algorithms and programming of the interface itself;
5. engineering concerns that arise in designing and building interfaces;
6. process of specification, design, and implementation and evaluation of interfaces; and design trade-offs.
HCI has science, engineering, and design aspects.
IxD as a Design Discipline
Dan Saffer, Designing for Interaction, 2010.
Interaction design perspectives:Technology-centered viewBehaviorist viewSocial Interaction Design view
IxD as a Design DisciplineTechnology-centered view IxDers make technology
useful, usable, and pleasurable to use.
IxDers take stuff produced by engineers and programmers and make it enjoyable for people to use.
IxD as a Design Discipline
Behaviorist view IxD is about defining the behavior of
artifacts, environments, and systems.
Focuses on functionality and feedback: product behavior how they provide feedback to
people.
IxD as a Design Discipline
Social Interaction Design view Broadest view of IxD IxD revolves around facilitating communication
between humans through products.