Lecture: "Interaction Design: A multipath Creative Process" by Dana Gordon

Lecture Series - FT 2012/13: "On Interactivity" organized by Karmen Franinovic
Lecture: "Interaction Design: A multipath Creative Process"
Speaker: Dana Gordon
Date: December 14th, 2012
Place: ZHdK, Ausstellungsstrasse 60, CH-8005 Zurich

Abstract

The field of Interaction design crosses traditional boundaries between the development of new technologies, design thinking and cognitive science. The teamwork of numerous individuals, coming together from diverse professional backgrounds, challenges our routine formulated working methods and enriches the creative process. In this interdisciplinary process of creation, we mix and juggle between different languages and tools, which allow us to question issues from various points of view. During this talk, I will present the work of my students, as well as my own personal work, pointing out the imaginative starting points and the hybrid properties of the final physical design projects. Trough a detailed documentation of one concept realization -- We will unfold the never-ending story of creation process: research, interpretation, experiments, improvisations, compromises, accidents and sometimes-arbitrary decisions. Sketching, hacking and prototyping are some of the very different means of exploration - Are they all relevant all the time? When we look backward on a development process we often fail to observe the path not taken. If the process was thoroughly documented, and we have a second look at it we might just find a precious insight for the next project.

http://iad.zhdk.ch/de/stories/12/11/l...

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