Discussion Archive: August 2007

IxD | architect | experience design

Maybe it is just me, but I never viewed 'experience design' as
exclusive to the domain of the net or software development. The
consumer experience is much broader. I designed software and web site
interactions, but I have also design trade show and retail
environments, and even help in the modeling entire value chains. The
transition from marketing to sales from the purchaser's perspective
is an incredibly complex and important design project for most
companies.

The "interaction" part of interaction design

I've noticed something over the years, and I'm curious about others'
perspectives.

Some of us refer to ourselves as "interaction designers", but very often, I
see deliverables for app designs that forget all about the "interaction".

For example, I recently saw design deliverables from a well-known firm in
which the designer figured out what needed to go into the app (and what
didn't), worked out the sitemap, and then laid everything out in a sequence
of wireframes.

UCD a process?/custom tangents

Oh man, you're early wireframes would drive me up a wall. ;-)

As Leisa was saying, UCD is about involving the user every step of
the way. Just thinking about them is not enough. Personas are
helpful, but largely their just figments of imagination. Educated
imagination, but imaginative nonetheless. Bringing folks in at
different iterations of the process is where there is genuine value.
As someone had indicated, resource limitations are always a concern.
So, how do we involve our audience in the iterations of our projects?

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