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Designing Interactions

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Five Dimensions

1:35 with Hope Armstrong

Let's look at the five dimensions of Interaction Design.

Interaction design consist of five dimensions that define the interactive 0:01
experience. 0:06
They are words, visual representations, 0:06
physical object or space, time, and behavior. 0:13
They're abbreviated as 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, and 5D respectively. 0:21
The first four dimensions were defined by Julian Crampton Smith, and 0:28
the last dimension, behavior, was added by Kevin Silver. 0:33
The words dimension includes all text, including buttons. 0:37
Visual representation encompasses graphics, images, typography, and icons. 0:43
The physical objects and space dimension involves the device that's being 0:50
used to access the product or service. 0:54
This can be a touchpad on a laptop, a mouse on a desktop computer, a stylus 0:57
on a tablet, fingertips on a mobile phone, or a screen reader on a computer. 1:03
Time refers to media that changes over time, such as animation, video, and sound. 1:10
Behavior is how users perform a task and the response to the user's actions. 1:17
These dimensions give us a framework to talk about interactions. 1:24
But what are interactions anyway? 1:27
In the next video we'll take a look at the different types of interactions. 1:30