Literature on Interaction Design
Here’s the entire UX literature on Interaction Design by the Interaction Design Foundation, collated in one place:
All open-source articles on Interaction Design
Human Computer Interaction - brief intro
Human-computer interaction (HCI) is an area of research and practice that emerged in the early 1980s, initially as a spe
Book chapter
What is Interaction Design?
Interaction design is an important component within the giant umbrella of user experience (UX) design. In this article,
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- 3 years ago
Interaction Design - brief intro
Interaction Design - brief intro
The aim of the following chapter is to provide an introductory overview of the concept and the field of interaction desi
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Recalling Color Theory Keywords: a way to refresh your memories!
Choosing the best combination of colors for an interactive design layout is not, as it may appear, a guessing game. Know
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- 3 years ago
Usability Evaluation
Usability Evaluation
Put simply, usability evaluation assesses the extent to which an interactive system is easy and pleasant to use. Things
Book chapter
Product Thinking is Problem Solving
It can be easy to get bogged down in developing features when we get into user experience design. It’s not that features
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- 1 year ago
Card Sorting
Card Sorting
The term card sorting applies to a wide variety of activities involving the grouping and/or naming of objects or concept
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Interaction Design Patterns
Interaction Design Patterns
An interaction design (ID) pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly-occurring usability problem in interfa
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Affective Computing
Affective Computing
As Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design moved from designing and evaluating work-oriented application
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Industrial Design
Industrial Design
In loving memory of Prof. Dr. Kees OverbeekeJuly 18th, 1952 - October 8th, 2011Kees left us unexpectedly on October 8th
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Philosophy of Interaction
Philosophy of Interaction
Over the last two decades, interaction design has emerged as a design discipline alongside traditional design discipline
Book chapter
Tactile Interaction
Tactile Interaction
The following chapter describes a variety of ways in which Tactile Interaction may be used to enhance the human computer
Book chapter
Semiotics
Semiotics
This chapter covers why and how Semiotics can help advance some of the major goals of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) a
Book chapter
The One Thumb, One Eyeball Test for Good Mobile Design
We live in a world of distractions, and so do your users. Hence, your designs must factor in users’ contexts and behavio
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- 7 mths ago
How to Reduce Cognitive Friction in Mobile
There’s nothing more annoying than when things don’t function the way we expect them to. When users interact with a UI,
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- 7 mths ago
5 Ways to Incorporate Affordances in User Interfaces
Affordances define what people can do with your product. Here, we look at the different areas where you can incorporate
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- 7 mths ago
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