Interactive Design Final

Qualitative Data

Opinions

Quantitative Data

Metrics

Focus Group

A group of selected individuals that are asked questions that are recorded. (Qualitative Data)

Navigation

The way in which a user makes their way through an application.

Signposts

Signifiers that inform users of where they are and where the go next to find what they are looking for.

Gestalt Principles

(Proximity, Similarity, Closure, Continuity, Figure)

Needs Finding

Exercises used to determine design requirements.

Font Pairs

Avoid similar fonts. Choose either the combination of a bold and simple font or a serif and non-serif font.

Kerning

The horizontal space between letters.

Leading

The vertical space between letters.

Affordances

What a design allows users to do.

Mapping

Connections between input and output.

Visibility/Signifiers

Shows what functions are available.

Usability Goals

The functionality of a program and how it creates a pleasant user experience.

Experience Goals

How the user feels and the purpose the application serves the user.

Wafaa Bilal

Preformance artist that makes work on the Iraq war.

Andrea Polli

Makes work that visualizes environmental data.

David Rokeby

Uses computer vision to facilitate user interaction with his work.

Everyware

Makes interactive surfaces that often respond to touch.