Description
Interaction in Industrial Design is expanding from tangible realms to intangible digital experiences. In this new environment, Interaction Design provides logical sequences and behaviors that allow users to easily navigate through complex workflows. This paper discusses a framework in which interaction design provides an innovative approach to traditional industrial design. This includes the concept of ‘statefulness’, where the dynamic changes of complex systems are broken down into states that can be defined and manipulated in order to achieve a desired user experience. This framework goes beyond having physical components of a product control digital interfaces and develops experiences that jump between physical and virtual realms. The paper also describes how interaction and industrial design collaborations are put into practice in a graduate level studio course, in which students are directed by instructors with expertise in both disciplines, all working together in exploratory assignments.
Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit
Summer 8-16-2017
Document Type
Conference Paper
Department, Program, or Center
School of Design (CIAS)
Recommended Citation
Lobos, A., & Wood, T. (2017). "Statefulness and tangible interaction in industrial design education". Paper presented at IDSA/Eastman Innovation Lab Education Symposium 2017: Emergent Pedagogy in Design, S. Shim (Ed.), Atlanta, Georgia, 16 August, 2017.
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Industrial and Product Design Commons, Interactive Arts Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons
