FIT Intro to Interaction Design - Tamara Olson

1. What is Interaction Design?
INTERACTION DESIGN | JAN. 26, 2016
WEEK 1

2. So… What IS Interaction Design*?
* Also known as user experience design

3. “Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and
behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers
strive to create meaningful relationships between
people and the products and services that they use,
from computers to mobile devices to appliances and
beyond.”
– Interaction Design Association (IxDA)

7. You.
Name
Email Address
Design Experience
Anything I Should Know
What You Hope to Learn

8. Design is Everywhere.

9. You (already) are a UX designer.

11. Good design is invisible.
Bad design … is not.

15. http://vimeo.com/52861634
Watch this video:

16. Your job this semester is to
become not just a designer,
but a design observer.

17. Human Centered Design
* You are not always the user.

19. Observation + research
lead to better design.

20. Real Life Example

23. Why?

24. Some Jargon For You

26. Affordance

28. Signifier

29. Mapping

30. Conceptual Model

31. Feedback

32. UX in the Real World …

33. UX Designer User Experience
Designer
Interaction
Designer
Product
Designer
draws on psychology, design, art, emotion

34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovj4hFxko7c
Watch this video:

35. https://vimeo.com/19131028
Watch this video:

37. Your Co-Workers

38. The Client

39. You are not always the user.

41. For Next Week
1. Read Chapter 1, The Design of Everyday Things
2. Observe. Everything. Everywhere. Constantly.
3. Observation Exercise 1 - Jargon Paragraph
4. Observation Exercise 2 - Client Presentation Deck

42. Now, get out of here
and start observing!