Something about Gordon Pask
Gordon Pask spent his entire career building immersive experiences, teaching machines (only some examples in this PDF), experimental studies, and a theory of conversation (but here’s a simplified presentation).
Presentation on IxD in 21st Century Work
My talk at the MWUX Conference, Pittsburgh, October 2015 was an opportunity to present a proposal with rationale for the “literacies” that are required by IxD practitioners: Systems Literacy Collaboration Literacy Internet of Things Literacy Coding Literacy Frameworks for Interaction & Conversation Literacy
“How to engage designers to ensure great products”
The title of this post and the diagram comes from Hugh Dubberly and his slidedeck about how design is centered on models and conversation and politics. Not kidding.
Bio-cost—An economics of human behavior
PDF: Bio-cost, an economics of human behavior Businesses talk a lot about the cost of a product or service. Behind the talk is the concept of “value exchange”, that is, giving a benefit in exchange for a cost. We could spend $2.00 on a bus ride but fork over $12.00 for a taxi, because the …
Barbie says “Hello” to the Future of IxD
NYTimes recently published a well-composed article on Mattel’s new Barbie, a watershed of interaction design, a Spielberg movie come to life. Barbie will soon incorporate digital interaction, be connected to the cloud, enable “conversation” via AI and machine learning, and act in a personalized way that recognizes each child and creates a “relationship”. It raises …
What makes for a compelling interaction?
When we talk about “interaction” and “interaction design”, there is a presumption or a hope that the interactions will be valuable, interesting, engaging—maybe even stronger than all that: that the interaction will be compelling. What can make an interaction compelling? It may be helpful to look back at historically important interaction designs, so we’re not blinded …
Industry Day
Every year CCS invites a broad range of industry and business professionals to meet and review the work of students in the BFA programs of Product Design, Transportation Design, and Interior Design, as well as all the MFA programs—Color and Materials, Integrated Design, Interaction Design, and Transportation. We will be posting a growing set of MFA …
New York Times Design Series Talk
Chair of CCS’s MFA Interaction Design Program Delivers Talk in New York Times Design Series Making (Digital) Conversation The great promise of digital media has been that it would facilitate rich, meaningful and immediate conversations among people. This hasn’t really come to pass, says Paul Pangaro, associate professor and chair of the MFA Graduate Program …
Paul Pangaro, MFA Interaction Design
Internationally recognized technology executive & educator Paul Pangaro to head CCS’s Master of Fine Arts Interaction Design program The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has named internationally recognized technology executive and educator Paul Pangaro as Chair of its Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Interaction Design program. He joins CCS as of April 1 and will …