Thoughts on Interaction Design

Introduction

Interaction Design is married to language, as design is synonymous with communication. To create a compelling behavior means to have a cohesive dialogue with a person, and in order to speak with a person, a designer must first know, respect, and understand a bit about that person. Think of the alienation that occurs in a foreign land where one does not speak the native language. The sense of anxiety, yet the embracement of possibility is the same space that a person encounters when first discovering a “designed interaction.”

A designer does not simply create an object. The importance of understanding the long-term dialogue that occurs ...