Interaction Designers

Tallinn Summer School / IxDworks.com

What’s In It & Should I Do It?

What’s the job &should I do it?

Interaction designers shape digital things

for people’s use

http://interaction-design.org/

Bret Victor - http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/

Fits the problem poorly

Fits the user poorly

Fits the problem (very) well

Fits the user (very) well

A tool amplifies capabilities

Useful Usable Desirable

Doing things easily and with pleasure.

Useful Usable Desirable

Usability User Experience (UX)

Doing things easily and with pleasure.

Doing things easily and with pleasure.

Behavior

Designing behavior?

Vision

Reality

Reality

Problems? Possibilities?

For whom?Users (≠ segments)

For what purpose?Needs, goals, abilities

What?Idea, concept, prototype, product

How?Modeling, designing > evaluating...

Scope?Time, budget, team, effects...

Product’s behavior

ModelingPersonasScenariosUse CasesRequirements

DesignConceptPaper prototypesWireframesHi-fi prototypes

User-centered design

EvaluationTask analysis FeedbackUsability testingHeuristics

ApproachesExamples

ModelingPersonasScenariosUse CasesRequirements

DesignConceptPaper prototypesWireframesHi-fi prototypes

EvaluationTask analysis FeedbackUsability testingHeuristics

Examples

Learning about users, tasks andproduct

Solving key problems through design

Testing and improving the product

Approaches

We will work with some of these approaches during our workshop

Designing behavior?Should I do it?

Think about...

Swimming ordiving?

Personal attributes

Personalinterests

UI designer Start-up Corporation,Research Group,Consultancy...

Examples

Who’s with you?

Generalist Specialist

UI designer Start-up Corporation,Research Group,Consultancy...

Mindset Professiongrey area

Examples

Approaches Storytelling

Empathy

Other specialization?

Synthesizing

Behavior patterns Production

Academic research

Team workEnthusiasm

ModelingResearch

Communication

Evaluation

Management

Creative thinking

Consultancy

Mentoring

Approaches Storytelling

Empathy

Other specialization?

Synthesizing

Behavior patterns Production

Academic research

Team workEnthusiasm

ModelingResearch

Communication

Evaluation

Management

Creative thinking

Consultancy

Mentoring

E.g.PersonasScenarios

Users StoriesMockups

WireframesPrototypes

...

Approaches Storytelling

ModelingResearch

Thank you

Resources

• Specialists vs Generalists – http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/02/specialists-versus-generalists-a-false-dichotomy.php

• Interaction designer – http://www.cooper.com/about/interaction-designer/

• Essential skills for interaction designers http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/12/essential-and-desirable-skills-for-a-ux-designer.php