INTERACTION DESIGN

Interaction Design is a field and approach to designing interactive experiences. These could be in any medium (such as live events or performances). The aim of interaction Design is to produce good use qualities.
Interaction design is concerned with the behavior of products, with how products work.
It’s not about interactions with the product or interaction with the computer’s, its about making connections between people.

Week 1, 1st October, 2007

CMT 4210

Current Issues in Interaction Design :

We had a general introduction about the course. In this Dr. Bob Fields, the programme leader of the course introduced us to new terms used in interaction design and gave us an overview on which grounds we should start thinking. Usability as the key issue, Human computer interaction, user experience and social use of computing were the key areas of discussion. Study of behavior of the products and user related design are the key design factors in Interaction Design.

http://www.ixda.org/ A very interesting link to undertake discussions on interaction design and discuss about various topics related to design

Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge was also recommended for reading.

We had been given a task to find out about New Usability. What does it mean and how does it differ from the old Usability? What are the implication for theory and for practice in Interaction Design?

PDE 4210

The practical side of the course is held in this module. Introduction all round.

Dr. Andy Bardill, the director of programmes introduced us to this module and made us aware about certain good books on interaction design, which included:
The Design of Every day things by Norman D. , Emotional Design by Norman D. , Designing Pleasurable things by Jordan P. Importance of prototyping, functionality, Usability, Pleasure and emotion in the design.
Usability: -Learnability, Accessability, Easy to use, Aesthetics, Compelling.
Effectiveness:-Efficiency, Safety, Utility, Learnability, Memorability.
Assignment for the next week:
Five definitions for Interaction Design and meaning of the word EMPATHY.

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