What is Interaction Design?

Interaction Design (IxD) Survey Panel David Malouf (moderator) – V. P. Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Edwin “Ted” Booth – Design Manager, User Experience, Motorola Enterprise Mobility (EMb) Mike LaVign – Assoc. Creative Director, frog design Robert Reimann – Manager, User Experience – Bose Corp

Panel’s Agenda

What is IxD – David Malouf, IxDA

Agency view of IxD – Mike LaVigne, frog design

Consumer electronics – Robert Reimann, Bose Corp.

Industry and Enterprise – Edwin “Ted” Booth, Motorola EMb

Audience & Moderator Q&A

What is IxD? David Malouf Vice President, IxDA

Let’s start with the basics

What is interaction?

The listening and responding between at least 2 entities.

Action by an initiation (passive or active) and a listener’s reaction, which leads to the initiator’s own reaction

EXAMPLE:

Excess material is removed To reveal new object Whack with stone axe

But if only it stayed that simple

Systems & Eco-systems

Ambient & Ubiquitous & Passive Bio-feedback

A contemporary definition

A design discipline dedicated to:

Defining the behavior of artifacts, environments, and systems (i.e., products )

… and therefore concerned with:

Anticipating how use of the products will mediate human relationships and affect human understanding

Guiding the form of products to the extent that it influences/is influenced by their behavior and use

The Interaction Design Group’s (IxDG) definition of IxD can be found at http://define.ixdg.org/

Narrative

The sword and poison are but the objects in the scene

The character of those interacting creates the play

We understand an actor’s character through their behavior

Context

Many variables large and small surrounding a moment of interaction effect the dynamic of action and listening.

Different environments predispose us to understand similar actions differently

What we see as available cultural clues within the elements we are given allowance to manipulate guide our behavior

Biological realities limit our abilities and further guide us

Ergonomics (physical abilities)

Cognitive Psychology (mental abilities)

Our emotional states perceived or real of all actors human or synthetic act as a filter over our ability to choose, communicate, listen, understand, and even act.