What makes up interaction design and what are some of the industry’s challenges?
Interaction design is made up of many things. Companies designing objects for consumer use, artists making an object’s interface more appealing, a designer making an object more approachable. All of these can be examples of interaction design. There are many challenges facing the industry. One of which is designers figuring out what the user wants and needs. These wants and needs change fast and it can be difficult to keep up.
What is interaction design, how it is evolving. What fields does it draw knowledge from?
In a general sense, it is the way an object is used by the user. It’s objective is to make the consumer’s life easier while still being appealing to the eye. It is the creation of a dialogue between a person and a product. It evolves with the desires of its users. It can draw knowledge from many fields, from art to science and technology. Anything to make a product easier to use and more appealing.