There's the craft, and the person who practices it as their primary focus. Check out the definition at http://ixda.org/about_interaction.php It says an Interaction Designer's "primary focus is on defining interactivity."
If a Visual or Industrial Designer happens to define the IxD for a product, they don't become Interaction Designers, because their primary focus is on visual aesthetics and form. However, whenever someone defines the interactivity of a product, they are practicing Interaction Design. For example, if you as an Interaction Designer end up defining the color pallette for a product, you are practicing Graphic Design, but you are still an Interaction Designer. Any designer tasked with creating a successful product will inevitably find themselves doing a little of the others' work, or at least taking their sensibilities into account. It's part of working collaboratively. But at the end of the day, a designer is defined by his/her primary focus. Make sense? Or is that even more confusing? - Nasir ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
