The Design Interaction

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Design Interaction

• What is design?
• What are the interactions?
• What do we do next?

What is Design?

• Design as a universal activity [Simon]
• Design as a discipline [CHI90]
• Design as a process [Bringing Design to Software]
• Human-centered Design -
• [NSF Workshop]

Design as a universal activity

• The human creation of artifacts in a situation of use/experience
• We all do it
• It need not be conscious

Design as a discipline

• Science - finding out the way things are
• Engineering - applying science to the construction of things
• Design - creating in the domain of possibilities and consequences

Examples of design disciplines

• Graphic design
• Industrial design
• Architecture
• Urban planning
• Organizational development

Design as a process

• Design is conscious
• Design keeps human concerns in the center
• Design is a conversation with materials
• Design is creative
• Design is communication
• Design has social consequences
• Design is a social activity

Human-centered design

• Problem driven
• Activity centered
• Context bound

NSF Workshop on Human-Centered Systems

• http:April 2, 1997/ifp.iuic.edu/nsfhcs
• SF SIG Session at CHI97 - Hong Kong Room 9am

What are the interactions?

• Design - Engineering
• Design - Product
• Design - Spontanaeity
• Design - Situation of use
• design - Design

Domains in which we design

• Equipment
• Interaction
• Conceptual model
• Experience
• Practices
• Social structures

What do we do next?

Developing a body of practices

• For design processes
• For research
• For education

What is our situation?

• It's the Net, Stupid!

Research areas

• Human values/concerns
• Context
• Human-centered integration

Base for new research models

• Industrial interest
• National interest
• Public interest

Teaching Design

• From computation to communication
• The emergence of interaction design

What do we do next?

• Keep your eyes on the skies and ride the wave!