week 1
What is interaction design? The simple description is the interaction between humans and the products. I am confused as i think the function of design is to communicate with human being. So what is the different between design and interaction design? I read the article which is written by Gillian Crampton Smith and i get a more detail and clear description from her. Interaction design is about shaping our everyday life through digital artifacts and it can be for work, for play or for entertainment.
Gillian’s article reminds me about an exhibition i visited last year. The Experimenta playground. It is an exhibition about media arts and there are many interesting design to let people play with. People can change the background of screen or produce sound by simple touching the screen or move their bodies. I think they are the things that called interaction design for play and entertainment.
i also read an article that is written by David Liddle. There are three stages of technology use and designers have to thinking about designing things that are right for people at the beginning rather than thinking about how to build it. Maybe it’s a good advise for me to start my group project.
