About Design
We live surrounded by tons of products that are no longer ordinary or inactives. Most of them are interactive and because we are so used to them, we are not conscious in what manner they contribute to our daily live. Those devices I'm talking about are mobile phones, personal computers, coffee machines, printers, videogames, just to list a few of them. The important question here is: How many are easy to use and enjoyable without making a huge effort? Of course, this is pretty easy to answer and the list will be quite small! Sometimes we end up hammering our heads against the wall because we are not able to complete the desired task with this product. Why this happens? The answer is because some products were not designed with the user in mind. The aim of interaction design is to solve these kind of issues bringing usability to the design process. That is, developing products that are easy, effective, and enjoyable to use from the user perspective. Good Design vs Poor...