IXD-156: Interactive Prototyping 2

Interaction Design 2 builds upon Interaction Design 1's human-centered UX methodologies and iterative design processes, exploring the details of making and modeling digital interactions from the macro to the micro. Students will develop skills in designing digital systems across scales -- information architectures (IA), appropriate screen-based user interfaces (UI - big screens to small screens), and detailed controls. Throughout the studio (Wk 1-14) students will research, concept, prototype, and design across multiple devices. Students will learn each platforms' specific posture, uses, and inputs. Students will also utilize principles such as usability, metaphor, simile, idiom, navigation, modality, as well as direct and abstract manipulation. Students will finally learn to plan, discover, interpret, iterate, justify, and execute their designs across multiple scales and contexts.