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Chapter

1

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What is Interaction Design?

Web Resources

Below is additional material associated with the topics covered in chapter 1.


Interaction Design

There are many online resources on interaction design. A good place to start is Norman and Nielsen’s Research-Based User Experience site which has many articles on UX and user experience:

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-basics-study-guide/?utm_source=Alertbox&utm_campaign=cada434c18-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_12_08_52_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7f29a2b335-cada434c18-40509353


Another one that covers basics is the UK’s usability website: https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/interaction-design.html

Interaction Design Foundation has many articles, online courses and up=tp-date content:

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/interaction-design

A blog site that has many archived thought pieces written over the years is Boxes and Arrows:

https://boxesandarrows.com/


Yvonne Rogers blog (https://interactiveingredients.com/)

covers musings and reflections on technology in her everyday encounters with the world.


Good and bad designs

Don Norman has written a number of essays and books on good design. For a number of thought-provoking examples see: https://jnd.org/tag/in_praise_of_good_design/


Teo Yu Siang (2022a blog called “Bad Design vs. Good Design: 5 Examples We can Learn From”

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/bad-design-vs-good-design-5-examples-we-can-learn-frombad-design-vs-good-design-5-examples-we-can-learn-from-130706


Design principles

There are a number of articles discussing design principles on the web. For example, Springboard Blog has a set of 16 important ones for newcomers. See: www.springboard.com/blog/ux-design-principles

Accessibility

Web accessibility initiative (WAI) develops guidelines that are the international standard for web design: http://www.w3.org/WAI/

See also: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/Understanding_WCAG


Links to old and new inspiration:

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