- What makes up interaction design and what are some of the industry challenges?
Interaction Design is the creation of a dialogue between a person and product, service, or system. It is complied with many different aspects; some of which include media accessibility and usability, user understanding and learning ability, and physical and emotional dialogue between user and design. Although the concept is growing, there have been some challenges within the industry as a whole. The novel expressed the theory of “The User Is Not Like Me.” Sometimes, it is hard for designers to take into consideration the wants of a user since they are the ones designing the product. It is important to remember who you’re designing for and what they may want from you. Just because a design works for its creator does not mean it may work for everyone else. In return, it may become challenging for designers to be new and innovative with ideas and concepts. With demand for new media and technology growing at an alarming rate, it tends to be difficult to be new and creative; one of the biggest challenges of the industry is the industry itself.
2. What is interaction design, how its evolving. What fields does it draw knowledge from?
As stated previously, interaction design is the creation of a dialogue between a person and product, service, or system. As demand for media evolves, so does the media itself. People are beginning to experiment with new ideas and concepts and incorporate more cultural and personal aspects into their designs. It draws knowledges from fields like computer software development, behavioral studies, data analytics, and construction (but on a different, non-building sky scrapers kind of way). It utilizes parts of each of these fields to effectively create new ideas and concepts.