Interactive Design

• Bad Design


  Design that misleads the user, just like smoke can mislead someone. It obscures the right direction as the smoke does.
• Characteristics of Bad Design

  • Cluttered Interface
  • Poor Navigation
  • Confusing Layout
  • Complex Tasks
  • Irrelevant User-Feedback
  • Inconsistent to experience
  • Difficult content
  • Unpleasant Color Scheme
• Good Design


  Design that is reflective just like a mirror, and it displays the clear truth as a mirror displays the real image of everything.
• Characteristics of Good Design

  • Transparent and visible to users
  • Simple
  • Relevant
  • Usable
  • Problem solver
  • Easy to understand
  • Effective to meet the goals
  • Fresh with pleasant color scheme
• Interaction Design


  Designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives.
• John Kolko, author of "Thoughts of Interaction Design": 'Interaction Design is the creation of a dialogue between a person and product, system or service. This dialogue is both physical and emotional in nature and is manifested in the interplay between form, function, and technology as experience over time.'
• Five Dimensions of Interactive Design

  • Words (1D)
  • Visual Representation (2D)
  • Physical Object/Space (3D)
  • Time (4D)
  • Behavior (5D)
• Words (1D)


  Encompass text, such as button labels, which help give users the right amount of information.
• Visual Representation (2D)


  Graphical elements such as images, typography and icons that aid in user interaction.
• Physical Object/Space (3D)


  The medium through which users interact with the product or service—for instance, a laptop via a mouse, or a mobile phone via fingers.
• Time (4D)


  Relates to media that changes with time, such as animations, videos and sounds.
• Behavior (5D)


  Refers to how the product reacts to the users' inputs and provides feedback.