Hi Scott, One aspect of your question could cause confusion. Are you asking about the difference between disciplines or between roles? I think the answers you receive may vary depending on which question people choose to answer.
Here's how I see the difference: Interaction designer is to interface designer as art director is to graphic designer. It's an imperfect analogy but it demonstrates how the roles are linked. I think of interface design as the form-giving counterpart to interaction design. I believe that interface design differs from interaction design primarily in its focus on the behavior of artifacts rather than the behavior of humans. Although the two roles can certainly be embodied in a single individual in the broad strokes you might be able to tell the difference between an interaction designer and an interface designer by their tools. Whiteboards and Post-it notes or Omnigraffle and Flash? // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25077 ________________________________________________________________ *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
