History and Future of Interaction Design

The history of Interaction Design (IxD) is far richer than what is visible from today’s tech. Many great ideas have been mangled and even lost. By making prototypes inspired by this history, we reach new insights and illuminate a future of promises and perils.

In this course you begin by mining historical IxD innovations by building prototypes in a modern vernacular that forefront lost contributions. In 3 sprints you render a powerful but lost essence in the form of a concept storyboard, video, or clickable prototype. Thus you explore the History of IxD. To explore the Future of IxD, you are invited to invent it—by developing your own vision in the design of a final project prototype with the focus and scope that you control.

Coursework is partly historical review and largely designing and producing prototypes in a studio setting, especially suited for backgrounds in interaction design, computational design, responsive architecture, media, or coding.