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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 important questions about technology, designing a world we want to live in, the responsibility of interaction designers, and what we should teach to prepare students for this world.

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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 by the amazing technology we have today.

Continue reading “What makes for a compelling interaction?”

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Industry Day

Interaction Design Portfolios for Industry Day 2015

industry day signEvery 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 student portfolios in the coming days.

All of the major car companies are here, automotive suppliers, product and furniture designers and makers, electronics firms—everyone you would expect to want to hire the talent of CCS students. Learn more about the MFA programs.

Getting ready for Industry Day 2015

Transportation Design Portfolios for Industry Day 2015

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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 in Interaction Design at the College for Creative Studies.

Pangaro presented “When Will Digital Media Be Conversational?” on April 29 as a guest speaker in the New York Times Design Series, monthly presentations focusing on key issues in the field aimed at the newspaper’s print and digital teams. Continue reading “New York Times Design Series Talk”

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Paul Pangaro, MFA Interaction Design

Paul Pangaro

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 begin teaching in the fall 2015 semester. Continue reading “Paul Pangaro, MFA Interaction Design”