The document explores the evolving nature of form in interaction design, emphasizing that modern design is more content-driven rather than purely aesthetic or mechanical. It argues that meaningful interactions and the understanding of user experience are central to the design process, rather than simply the physical appearance of objects. The insights make clear that effective interaction design requires a dynamic approach that considers temporal and responsive properties.

1. visual language, form, interaction design

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4. I’m a
phone, retard!

5. but what now?

6. what’s the importance of form here?

7. how do you give form to it?

8. does it look like a phone?

9. does it have to look like a phone?

10. the look of an object as a carrier of it’s meaning
used to make sense

11. form is no longer about what we understand
but about what we can learn

12. and form is defined by content

14. the content is what defines the necessity for a
persistent home button, for instance

15. “To the (limited) extend that interaction design
has concerned itself with issues of form, the
main input so far has come from graphic and
industrial design”.
Jonas Löwgren

17. the old approach to design: static and
mechanical

19. Apple ©

20. the current approach to design is: time based,
dynamic, based on content

21. this doesn’t mean more things on screen but
an approach to form giving
that doesn’t start on the physical aspects
but on content and interaction.

22. notes on form in interaction design

23. meaningful behaviors eye candy
pliability* non responsive UI
consistent information inconsistencies on
architecture interaction
(and it’s definitely not pixel pushing)
*Tightly coupled user action and interface reaction with
hints from the physical world.

24. “The feel of interaction, the hints of complexity
unfolding as different options are explored (...);
the sense of understanding and insight growing
over time, the (...) orchestration of the interaction
from conflict to resolution - all of this is part of
the temporal and visuo-tactile properties of using
the digital artifact”.
Jonas Löwgren

25. the end