Interaction Designer
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- Llyod0
how the hell do you prove you're the one for the job?
- Mimio0
I wonder how a human factors degrees can be applied to graphic design. I would think it's too specialized with ever-changing methodologies.
- Llyod0
it sounds like bullshit to me
- monkeyshine0
I think the role is an evolution, really. Some places look for people who have traditional design experience as well as a solid grasp on UI principles. If you are a designer (traditionally speaking) who rocks UI, you're in a great position.
- olli1010
LOL - I'll give this a try:
In interviews, there's generally a line drawn between what constitutes an "artist" from a "designer".
"Real" designers will be able to show that they put the user first and foremost in mind when designing something because it's there to complete a task in the most efficient and appropriate manner.
If you can show both your understanding of your audience and what constitutes the various elements that make a really useful website beautiful*, that's generally a good start.
* I know it's in the eye of the beholder but you need to give a better reason for designing something other than you saw it on Design Charts and thought it looked cool. :-)
- ninjasavant0
I just flex the guns, that tends to do it.
- ukit0
Step 1: Have a blog. All smart usability types have a blog where they talk about various theories and how much other sites suck.
Step 2: Come up with cool-looking charts to illustrate your ideas. Give your chart a fancy name and blog about it.
Something like this will do:
3. Make your design deliberately shitty looking. It will make people think you are focused on "usability."
- ha ha ha!ninjasavant
- hahaha...exactly
Mimio - hahJaline
- OMG! That is horrible...yet so familiar. ugh.monkeyshine
- letters20
Interaction Design is not a discourse that is solely about the web, screen or even the digital. Start with some Bill who helped coin the term:
http://www.designinginteractions…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Int…
- botbot0
This is the reason why I'm going for a second degree in Computer Science and Cognitive Science after my Design degree.
This is the program I'm going for: http://www.cs.queensu.ca/applica…
Topics include: Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics (computer science kind, lots of math), Psychlogy, Linguistics, Philosophy, Statistics, and Math.