Hi everyone, I conceive interface design as a combination of visual design (if it is a visual interface), interaction design, and information design (or IA) and some other skills. Although they are deeply intertwingled, and some people might disagree, I see visual design as the part of UI design that lets people quickly and easily understand and start using an interface, Information design as the part of design that lets people navigate to information they need, and interaction design as focusing on the needs and tasks and goals of the users and ensuring that the functionality is easily guessable (or intuitive or usable or...).
Tim On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:36 AM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be honest, there may or may not be any difference at all at the > level of practice. One term has gained more traction as it has moved > away from GUI software design where UI has been prevelant and has > been encompassing systems design and hardware interface design as > well as service design. In many ways, Interaction design is interface > design (but not graphical interface design). It is about the story > that is made up of moments of dialog between different interfacing > moments made complex through intelligent connections and > relationships. > > To me Interaction Design is an evolution from Interface Design > historically. > > Then academically I think Interaction Design is much more than > interface design in many ways. Interface Design really doesn't have > academic offerings outside of computer science that I have seen. The > closest are interactive design programs that are mostly either > computer arts programs or skills certification programs. But > Interaction Design especially in the European schools has built > itself out of the Industrial Design tradition of design education > that combines craft and thinking processes as well as a long history > of critique. > > So your question can be answered in so many ways and most answers are > going to be skewed by a persons current context and their > community/geography connections to their practice and education. It > is basically evolving, but through IxDA and other efforts I would say > the direction is as I describe it above. But I'm sure others have > other thoughts. > > -- dave > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34525 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Kei te kōrero tiki au. Kei te kōrero tiki koe. Ka kōrero tiki tāua. Kōrero ai tiki tāua. ________________________________________________________________ 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
