From the course: UX Foundations: Interaction Design

What is interaction design?

From the course: UX Foundations: Interaction Design

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What is interaction design?

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- Interaction design is one of many fields that make up the larger practice of user experience, or UX design. And interaction designers collaborate closely with other designers, researchers, content strategists, product managers, the software engineers, developers, and more. It's become more complex as the types of products we design for have become more diverse and capable, but ultimately we're still focused on creating engaging experiences between people and products. According to the Interaction Design Association, "Interaction Design," sometimes abbreviated IxD, "Defines the structure and behavior "of interactive systems." Interactiondesign.org defines it as "The design of the interaction "between people and products. "It's about shaping the experience of using a product." "Interaction designers strive to create meaningful "relationships between people and the products "and services that they use, from computers, "to mobile devices, and appliances, and beyond." The term interaction design was created by Bill Moggridge and Bill Verplank for software design in the mid-1980s. It emerged from user interface design, industrial design, and software development. Gillian Crampton Smith established the first program in interaction design at the Royal College of Art, in London, in 1989, and she says that "interaction design is not just about making us "more efficient at work, we use our devices "in all aspects of everyday life, "including play and entertainment." It's not just about the visual appearance of an interface. Interaction design is about designing for the behavior of people, and the products they use.

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