What makes up interaction design and what are some of the industry’s challenges?
A interaticion designer used to be responsible for images and text on a computer but in today’s world there responsibilities have grown. A designer is responsible for every aspect of the computer. Any functioning piece is a part of the interaction design realm. Some of the challenges of the industry are that it is not a growing industry but rather a shrinking one. It is becoming more and more of a branding “thing” rather than a functionality.
What is interaction design, how its evolving. What fields does it draw knowledge from?
Interaction design is a interaction between technology and people and technology to technology. Through these medias, in good design, is a clear path, message and objective. It is important for a good design to be successful that it is clear and concise. It draws knowledge from a lot of different fields. You can’t point to one field for recruitment of a quality interaction designer. It pulls from just about every media arts field. You need graphic designers, web designers, fine arts, and marketing people. Each one of these people adds a different view to the product to enhance the user experience. A lack of diversity would tailor the item or product to a very specific demographic which would not be productive or lucrative.