20 cool interaction design concepts
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Definition of Interaction Design
• Designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives
– Sharp, Rogers and Preece (2007)
• The design of spaces for human communication and interaction
– Winograd (1997)
• Develop usable products
– Usability means easy to learn, effective to use and provide an enjoyable experience
• Involve users in the design process
What is involved in the process of interaction design
• Identifying needs and establishing requirements for the user experience
• Developing alternative designs to meet these
• Building interactive prototypes that can be communicated and assessed
• Evaluating what is being built throughout the process and the user experience it offers
Core characteristics of interaction design
• Users should be involved through the development of the project
• Specific usability and user experience goals need to be identified, clearly documented and agreed at the beginning of the project
• Iteration is needed through the core activitie
Usability goals
• Effective to use
• Efficient to use
• Safe to use
• Have good utility
• Easy to learn
• Easy to remember how to use


