Designing interaction is an other term for mixed media, which includes moving imagery, sound, touch screen technology and web media.
Web media (web3) is constantly expanding with many sites being used all over the world such as; Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, twitter, and you tube.
Here are a few examples of how we interface with each other.
Wiki – a self-editing open source, share information and thoughts.
Youtube – share video and imagery.
Rich Media gives the opportunity to share and explore, interactive media is known as “sticky” because it keeps people interested.
IDEO
Designer Bill Moggridge is a founder of IDEO. It is one of the most successful design firms in the world, and one of the first to design codes and software for computers. Bill's career has had three phases; first as designer, then as a manager of design, and now as a communicator, working as a writer, graphic designer and video maker.
I watched an interview with Bill Verplank (www.designinginteractions.com/interviews/BillVerplank) in which he describes his views on how interaction design works, which has evolved over many years of studding. He describes the process of design interaction with a concise diagram. Bill Varplank and Bill Moggridge worked closely together to create a key of defining how we Design for Interaction. There are three very simple questions that must be answered:
1. How do you?
How do we interact we something? A Gallery space, Audio Visual. How to play a small device such as mobile phones or MP3 players for example and push "Buttons". How do we affect the world around us?
2. How do you feel?
How do we feel about what we see or interact with?
3. How do you know?
Do we need something to guide us through like a map or a route? Moment to moment. Simple instructions on how we navigate.
