Deconstructing Interaction Design
Week 1, Interaction Design Methods
Interaction Design covers different desciplines. It is the relation between different partners. These could be for example humans, technology, environment or other things. It has political & social aspects too. Emotions are an important part of it. As a designer you observe the world and learn from it.
Excursive Method
Investigations → literature
Play → learning skills
Everyday → real world, pop-cultur
Tensions → art vs. design, compromises
Enactment → talks, demos, workshops
Dissemination → legacy, deliveries, blogs
Interaction Design in Art
Interaction Design is used in art as proposal or a statement. It challenges establishment and brings innovations. It explores the world and crosses boundaries.
Urs Fischers “PLAY” is a good example for an Artwork, which has Interaction Design in it. Moving office chairs which interact with the visitors. Both art and technology are innovative.
Design Process of the module Digital Fabrication
In this exercise we had to reform our group from the last module to reflect how our design process was.
Our design process wasn’t the best one. We had several discussions and some indecisiveness within the process of making, which is visible in the picture on the left side. The biggest problem was that we had many ideas that we never pursued further. It took us a long time to agree on a few ideas. Finally two of them we followed up and worked out.
Sonjoi Nielsen, 25.02.2019
Interaction Design, Zurich University of Arts
