Interactive Design Definition

Interactive Design is the design of spaces for human communication; it allows humans to relate to different program and its users. Interactive Design is made up of a combination of several Medias, including sound, video, motion, images, graphic designs etc. Interactive Design also refers to the forms of products and services which allow people to interact and experience a particular situation to both physically and mentally.

According to Nathan Shedroff “Interactive Design can be broken down into four main spectrums” These including:

• Feedback and Control - Focusing on how much control the audience has over the outcome or the rate, sequence or type of action and how much feedback exits in the interface.
• Creative Experience and Productivity - Creative Experiences allow a user, creator and participant to create or share something with others.
• Adaptive Experiences - Adaptive technologies are those that change the experience based on the behavior of the user, reader, consumer, or actor.
• Communicative Experience - Provides the opportunities to meet others, talk with them, and share their personal stories and options.

Source : Alan Cooper, Robert M. Reimann & David Cronin: About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design (3rd edition), Wiley, 2007, ISBN 0-4700-8411-1.

Shredroff, Nathan. Information Interaction Design: A Unified Field Theory Design.