Using Interaction Qualities as an Approach to Conduct Interaction Design Research

This research aims to explore how to use interaction qualities to guide interaction design research by combining functional, experience and technology approaches in design. In an interactive prototyping course a number of interactive prototypes were built in which interaction qualities are explored and demonstrated. From designing, building and testing these prototypes, we learned to conduct interaction design research by using interaction qualities explicitly as criteria to guide and constrain the design process. We found that interaction qualities connect to all three design approaches, and they can be introduced into design education by using a well-known operation principle as a given for a research project.