Hello,
i am interested in getting into interaction design. my schooling was in industrial and graphic design. i am not sure what kind of portfolio pieces that is considered interaction design. i am posting this Q hoping some one could lead me into the right direction… thanks n adv
all kind of help/advice is welcomed.
Have you done anything that you would consider Interaction Design? It’s unlikely that you’ll get a job doing it unless you can show you’ve done it (via school or professional practice.)
The key is in communicating the focus on the users interaction with the device. I expect to see:
- Examples of discovery and evaluative research, with a tie-in to how it led to improved design
- Examples of Information architecture (visio diagrams)
- Examples of Storyboards
- Examples of Screen Design (ie. Information Design)
- Examples of design-communication documents
- Examples of the final product
how can i teach myself about the field? all the help would be great
Read the articles:
http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html
Read the books:
Inmates are Running the Asylum, Cooper
About Face 2.0, Cooper
Contextual Design, Holtzblatt
Design of Everyday Things, Norman
Designing Interactions, Moggridge
Attend the conferences:
SigCHI
Take a course:
http://www.cooper.com/services/training/
thanks for all the great info…
In my opinion ‘interaction design’ is a way of thinking, a philosophy if you want. It is different from ‘industrial design’ because it takes ‘values’ and ‘goals’ of users as a starting point. You could do a lot of reading, especially about some of the methods used to dig in the users life / context. You might want to have a look here as well;
putting people first
interaction design blog
like it matters
Goodluck with reading and feel free to ask questions!