Lecture slides in IFI7156.DT Interaction Design Methods course, 5 February 2016, Tallinn University.

1. Introduction to Interaction Design
IFI7156.DT Interaction Design Methods

3. “Interaction design refers to the
process that is arranged within the
existing resource constraints to
create, shape, and decide all use-
oriented qualities (structural,
functional, ethical, and aesthetic)
of a digital artifact for one or many
clients.”
(Löwgren & Stolterman, 2007)

5. Design as a process

6. problem solution
divergence convergence

7. Wicked problems

8. A simple interaction design
model
Evaluate
(Re)Design
Identify needs/
establish
requirements
Build an
interactive
version
Final product
(Rogers, Sharp, & Preece, 2007)

9. Design as a communication

10. Research-based design process
(Leinonen, Toikkanen, & Silfvast, 2008)

11. This course
Contextual
inquiry
Personas Scenarios
Design
session
Concept
mapping
User
stories
Testing
tasks
Paper
prototypes
Testing the
paper
prototypes
User
interface
prototypes
Feedback Feedback
Final
presentation
Group Assignments
Individual Assignments
Idea generation Contextualization System architecture Prototyping User interface Development
February 1 February 15 February 29 March 28 April 11 April 25 May 9
Testing Final presentations
March 14
Optional Assignments
Card
storting
Information
architecture

12. A real life...
Contextual
inquiry Personas Scenarios
Design
session
Concept
mapping
User
stories
Testing
task
Paper
prototypes
Testing the
paper
prototypes
User
interface
prototypes

13. (Rogers, Sharp, & Preece, 2011)
The components of interaction
design

14. References
• Leinonen, T., Toikkanen, T., & Silvfast, K. (2008). Software as Hypothesis:
Research-Based Design Methodology. In Proceedings of the Tenth
Anniversary Conference on Participatory Design 2008 (pp. 61–70).
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University.
• Löwgren, J., & Stolterman, E. (2007). Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design
Perspective on Information Technology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
• Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., & Preece, J. (2007). Interaction Design: Beyond
Human-Computer Interaction (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

15. Photos
• Juhan Sonin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/5135576565/

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Hans Põldoja
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Interaction Design Methods
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Tallinn University
School of Digital Technologies