interaction design history

Design: The Invisible Science

I have never heard of the concepts of the Gestalt principle and Fitt's law, but in fact, it was something I've already felt while using software or apps. As I learned this principle this time, I was able to organize how it could...

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Knowing the Rules is Breaking the Rules

When I need to design an interactive software, the Gestalt principles and Fitts’s Law are very useful tools to help guide my design. They can be used to check whether my design is user-friendly. At first, I felt confused about...

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90 Minutes to the Future: From Mouse to Modern Computing

The 1968 demo by Douglas Engelbart and the team at SRI was groundbreaking as it unveiled the foundations of modern computing. In just 90 minutes, the world witnessed the first computer mouse, hyperlinks, real-time editing and...

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Applying Gestalt Principles And Fitts’s Law to Design for Usability and Accessibility

As someone who started out as a graphic designer, I've trained myself to follow the Gestalt principles, particularly the Laws of Proximity, Similarity, and Closure in designing visual materials. Shifting to interaction design,...

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Clearer and Faster

To apply Gestalt Principles in my design, I’ll make sure to distinguish information by using colors, similarity, and grouping to avoid confusion.However, before grouping different info, it’s very important to be aware of...

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Designing with Intention

As designers, Gestalt principles are taught to us early on. While Gestalt principles seem to be mostly intuitive and subconsciously implemented, how often do we really sit down and open Figma with a list of Gestalt principles in...

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Applying Gestalt Principles and Fitt’s Law at Different Stage of the Design Process

When I design an interactive piece of software next time, I would consider both Gestalt principles and Fitt's Law at different stage of the design process. Once I have a clear understanding of my targeted users through research,...

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Designing with Gestalt and Fitts’s Law in Mind

When I'm designing interactive stuff, Gestalt principles help me make things look organized so users aren't confused. Like using proximity means putting related things close together, which makes it easier to understand what goes...

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From Aesthetics to Action-Gestalt meets Fitts’ Law

I feel that as an Interaction Designer, my goal when designing is always to create with efficiency and empathy. When I'm sitting down and creating, I'm always trying to imagine how to make my designs even more intuitive,...

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How should I use Gestalt principles and Fitts’s Law to design an app interface?

For following the Gestalt principles. I will try my best to make the interface as concise as possible, and make the buttons or interactive pages of the entire page as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I will also separate the...

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Making Software Easier with Gestalt and Fitts’s Law

When I design interactive software, I think about Gestalt principles because they help users understand the screen faster. For example, the law of proximity tells us that when buttons are close together, people see them as...

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What might we learn from the different art movements that emerged in the early 20th century?

The art movements of the early 20th century were very rich. They not only changed the look of art but also gave us many ideas to think about. Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, Dada, Bauhaus—each of these names shows how artists...

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Design’s Not so Secret Recipe: Gestalt Meets Fitts’s Law

The next time I sit down to design software, I will be more intentional about how users see and interact with the interface. Gestalt principles remind me that people process screens by naturally grouping, connecting and...

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Bauhaus is not just a school

At first I didn’t know anything about Bauhaus. I just bought a poster because it looked nice and put it in my room. I only liked the colors and shapes. They felt modern and cool. Later I studied about Bauhaus and I learned the...

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Lessons in Rebellion — What the Early 20th Century Movements Teach Us

The early 1900s were kind of a mess, and artists back then were like "you know what, let's just do whatever we want." All these movements like Cubism and Dada basically said forget everything you learned about how art is supposed...

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When Art Becomes Interface: How 20th-Century Art Moves Through Modern UI/UX

The 20th century completely changed up the way people view and thought about art. As an illustrator, the shift from traditional, realistic classic painting to expressive work that focus on emotions and movements was dramatic. As...

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Function, Creativity, and Responsibility: Design Thinking Insights from Modern Art History

Art movements typically emerge as a response to the socio-political landscape surrounding them. What we can learn from them as interaction designers varies; some translate to our practice more directly than others. Bauhaus gave...

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What Early Art Movements Teach Us about Creativity

From the early 20th century art movements, we can learn the importance of constantly challenging ourselves and finding new value in the face of technological and social change. During the early 20th century, innovations such as...

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Art, World, Individuals

What might we learn from the different art movements that emerged in the early 20th century? The early twentieth century was a time of huge change—wars, the Industrial Revolution, new technologies, and new art forms popping up...

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Innovation is to make some people feel offended

Staying in the comfort zone is a human nature that everyone has. It makes sense in a survival aspect, what we tested was safe and it works, there’s no need to risk anymore. However, I found it’s very fascinating of human...

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Looking Back and Moving Forward

During the early 20th century, several art movements emerged that changed the way we see art and design. Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism provided us with new ways of thinking that were inspired from the ever changing world...

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Breaking the Frame

The early 20th century was a period of rapid change for society in all areas. Up until then, fine art had been reserved for the wealthy and noble classes. Painters were expected to follow strict rules regarding subject matter and...

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Creative Minds of Yesterday inspiring The Creative Minds of Tomorrow

As an interaction designer, I can observe how my field includes principles from design, technology, psychology, and cognitive science. There is a lot that goes into Interaction Design as a whole, but as designers, we should...

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What Can We Learn from Futurism and Dada

In futurism, we can see many different kinds of future Technology, which is really cool. But the progress of technology doesn't mean it conflicts with art. On the contrary, it can be part of art. People use their imagination of...

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Dreamers Ahead of Their Time

The world we live in today is the result of the accumulation of the imagination of many inventors and thinkers. Among them, two women, Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreath, lived in different times, but were pioneers in common who...

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Imagination shapes future: Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth

Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth both served as pioneers in shaping the fields of human- centred design and computer programming; although they lived in different centuries and worked on various focus, they both made remarkable...