Bill Verplank is an interaction designer. What is an interaction designer you ask.. It’s a field of study with human-computer interaction and software development. Interaction design is all about shaping digital things for people’s use. This article talks about how Verplank got him PhD from MIT in man-machine systems. So basically, the exact definition of “interaction design.” He then summarizes interaction design by answering three things. How you act, how you feel, and how you understand? He also exclaims that as the interaction designer, you have to also answer three questions. How do you know, how do you feel, and how do you do?
This reading gives a great break down to the definition of interactive design and the intense process that goes into it. Verplank says that communication is just one of the many important aspects to this sort of design. Interactive design is very relevant to our project of wayfinding because as designers we have to be very wary of how the paths and makers are affecting the audience. How are they making them act, feel and understand an area?
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