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Interaction Design History Spring 2025

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  • In the Beginning
    • Early Writing & Pictography
  • Industrial Age
    • Lovelace & Gilbreth
    • Gestalt Principles & Fitts Law
    • Manifestos
  • Silicon Age
    • Mid-Century Innovations
    • Lucy Suchman
    • Xerox Star
  • Computer Age
    • DARPA
    • Graphical User Interface
    • Design Systems
    • Pace Layers
    • User Experience
  • Information Age
    • Accessibility
    • iPod & iPhone
    • Web 2.0
  • IXD Futures
    • AI and UX Ethics
    • IXD Futures Diagram
    • Field Trips
    • Lectures

Author: Zhou Yi

What AI Means for Us as Designers

May 8, 2025

This semester, I studied interaction art history. I learned that interaction design is not only about how something works. […]

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How the iPod and iPhone Changed My childhood and How We Use Technology

April 30, 2025

I think some products have changed the way we live. The iPod and iPhone didn’t just give us new […]

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The Evolution of Web Interactions: From Web 2.0’s Revolution to Today’s Intelligence

April 30, 2025

Web 2.0 started in the early 2000s. It changed the internet by making users into creators instead of just […]

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GUI past, present and future

March 24, 2025May 25, 2025

In the early 1980s, GUIs were revolutionary, providing an intuitive alternative to command-line interfaces. Apple’s Macintosh (1984) and Microsoft […]

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Lucy Suchman, the designer who brings design to life with warmth

March 16, 2025May 25, 2025

When we ask if a technology “works,” we usually consider functionality: does the application load quickly? Did the robot […]

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The Xerox Star laid the groundwork for computers for the masses.

March 9, 2025May 25, 2025

In 1981, The Xerox Star brought computers to the masses, and while its commercial success was limited, its influence […]

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Douglas Carl Engelbart deserves the title “Mother of all demos.”

March 2, 2025May 25, 2025

“Mother of all demos” is an honorable way of summing up Douglas Carl Engelbart, and he deserves it, because […]

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learning Gestalt principles and Fitt’s Law to enhance my new app

February 11, 2025May 25, 2025

For me, first of all, I will abide by The Law of Proximity and The Law o Similarity, pay […]

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Ancient Egyptian star Seba and TikTok “collectible” icon

February 4, 2025May 25, 2025

In ancient India Seba symbolized one of the symbols of the stars. That’s why there are a dozen symbols […]

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The place of female designers in the history of IXD design needs to be truly valued(Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth)

February 4, 2025May 25, 2025

After reading the required parts, I realized that the importance of the two designers in the history of IXD […]

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