IxD is a kind of blanket term. It is really more of a philosophical / psychological movement than it is a real design field.
IxD is the idea that interaction, between anything, can not only be quantified in meaningful ways, but can be manipulated to produce desired results in a controlled and predictable way. It is both the science of how things interact, and it is the art of designing ways for things to interact. It is, and I've not really heard it put this way before, the science of art. We attempt to explain why someone feels certain ways when they experience a creative item. It is the natural product of the unholy union of design and engineering on a purely ethereal scale. It is the alchemy of transmuting a string of ones and zeroes into meaningful and easily understood forms. Where gold was once created accidentally, we are now trying to control chaos and produce that same gold repeatably. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40209 ________________________________________________________________ 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
