Interaction Design IxD. An Overview The field : Terms, influences, organizations, jobs. More on defining Interaction Design (IxD)? Principles Design activity.

Interaction DesignIxD

An Overview

The field : Terms, influences, organizations, jobs.

More on defining Interaction Design (IxD)? Principles Design activity

The field : Terms, organizations, jobs.

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

IxD is umbrella term

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

UPA 2009 Survey

Positions and salaries

UPA 2009 Survey

usabilityprofessionals.org/usability_resources/surveys/2009salarysurvey_PUBLIC.pdf

UPA 2009 Survey

UPA 2009 Survey

UPA 2009 Survey

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/

More on defining Interaction Design (IxD)?

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 an Extension of HCI

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.

IxD as a Design Discipline

Social Interaction Design view Any object or device can make a connection

between people. Takes many forms;

one-to-one as with a telephone, one-to-many as with a blog, or many-to-many as with the stock market.