Everything about Interaction design
Specialization of design focused on the experience users have of a product or service
Interaction design, often abbreviated as IxD, is "the practice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems, and services." While interaction design has an interest in form, its main area of focus rests on behavior. Rather than analyzing how things are, interaction design synthesizes and imagines things as they could be. This element of interaction design is what characterizes IxD as a design field, as opposed to a science or engineering field. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Interaction designA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Human object interaction detection: Design and surveyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: WordPress For DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Interaction design gone wildCited 271 times
- Go sideways: User experience designA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Bill VerplankA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The structure and definition of the behavior of a system, the surrounding environment, corresponding artifacts, and the elements that communicate the aforementioned behavior.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Interaction design gone wild
Interaction Design and Children
Interaction design
User Interface Design Principles for Interaction Design
Interaction design and children
Interaction design theory
Fluid gesture interaction design
Sonic Interaction Design
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
WordPress For DummiesLisa Sabin-Wilson · 2007
Cooperative Design, Visualization, and EngineeringYuhua Luo · 2004
Lean UXJeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden · 2012
Designing the user interfaceBen Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant · 1987
Landing Page OptimizationTim Ash · 2008
UX strategyJaime Levy · 2015
The user experience team of oneLeah Buley · 2013
The Practitioner's Guide to User Experience DesignGeneral Assembly, Luke Miller · 2015
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