Interaction Design Education

Head, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon
Jack Moffett
CMU has just announced that they are accepting applications for a new Head of the School of Design. Best, Jack > Faculty...

September 2008

Masters Programs for Non-Design Backgrounds
Robert Racadio, David Malouf, j. eric townsend, Jeff Howard and 3 others
Hello - I've been following this group off-and-on for the past few years in hopes of getting enough info to see if...

July 2008

Masters Programs in the DC Area
Matthew Stephens, David Shaw, Will Evans, Adriana Machado and 4 others
I'm on the verge of taking a job in the DC area and wanted to know if there were any good...

Intensive "summer" education options?
David Malouf, David Shaw, Matthew Nish-Lapidus, Jeff White and 8 others
Hey there, I am curious ... * If I had a seasonally appealing destination * Great isntructors * Great courses relevant to your total...

Master of Arts OR Master of Science
Markus Burkardt, David Shaw, dave malouf, Janne Kaasalainen and 9 others
hi, which master program will be better for my job? I am planning to work on a career as an Interaction...

June 2008

IxDA Curriculum (Was: Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals)
Dan Saffer, Adam Connor, Will Evans and 66 others
On Jun 22, 2008, at 5:54 AM, Adam Connor wrote: > I think it would be great if IxDA came up...

Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals
Connor, Adam, Connor, Adam, Marilia Bergamo, Jack Leon Moffett and 65 others
The recent thread on the SVA program and subsequent writing about online programs has got me wondering - how important is...

new MFA in Interaction Design Announced by SVA
David Malouf, Michael Tuminello, erpdesigner, Jack Leon Moffett and 17 others
Check it out. NYC is on the map of future potential Interaction conferences now. ;-) http://bobulate.com/2008/06/12/announcing-new-mfa-in-interaction-design/ -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ...

HCI courses in the Los Angeles area
Angel Marquez, Kenny Chen, angel
Any recommendations? Certficate similar to: http://www.hci.iastate.edu/Academics/cert-program.php Thank you, Angel ...

May 2008

New program at Carnegie Mellon: Masters in Tangible Interaction Design
j. eric townsend
This just got approved, so the website/brochure/etc is under construction. If you're interested in applying for *this* fall (2008),...

The Continuing Saga of OLPC
Dan Saffer, Kontra, Chris Bernard, Kontra and 2 others
It's been a weird week for the One Laptop Per Child project, and I'm surprised we didn't discuss it...

getting into a master's program when you have poor undergraduate grades?
Michael Martinez-Campos, Lawrence Agbayani, Paul Nuschke, Bernie Monette and 3 others
Hi all, i've been looking at various certification programs and master's programs. While the certification programs look...

Hello.....is there any university which offer UXD???
Ali Dehghanpour, pauric, Erik Stolterman, Nick Quagliara and 7 others
Hi People, I would like to know if there is any especial course or university degree for User Experience Design ,or can...

Trying to educate my design team
Michael Dunn, mark schraad, Mike Dunn, Caroline Jarrett and 9 others
Hello, all. I have been lurking for a while and finally have a dire need that I hope you all...

April 2008

[plug] Interaction Design Class in NYC
David Malouf
Interaction Design for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Expert interaction designer David Malouf is back this year with a revised and improved seminar...

For those, who are interested in interaction design schools in Europe.
Oleh Kovalchuke
Six 10 minutes long presentations at Innovationsforum (2007) from IxD programs in Europe: http://www.vimeo.com/752455 An introduction of the school, and one or two...

Bay Area Schools
pascal guinchard, J. A. Fitzpatrick
Hello, I am curious if you can recommend top schools in the San Francisco or the Bay Area that offer programs in...

History of Interaction?
Jeff Hendy, Bill DeRouchey, Jarod Tang, Jack Moffett and 19 others
Hi Everybody, I'm looking for a history book on interaction. Something that starts with what would be considered the first UI...

March 2008

Valuable courses for interaction Designers
tmactavish at aol.com, karine Drumond, Celeste 'seele' Paul, mark schraad and 13 others
A question for experienced Interaction Designers: what academic courses have proven to be the most valuable in providing you with...

KABK Netherlands and other IxD schools
vlad, pauric, Allison, Allison and 5 others
Hey! I'm (still) looking for formal training in interaction/type design. I noticed the KABK in Hague has a new course titled Interaction...

January 2008

[IxDA] Futures research education?
Sunandini Basu, Will Evans, yugant and 7 others
Hi I recently became interested in Futures Research. Was wondering if there are any universities/ courses I can apply to? Thanks, Soo -- "The details...

Online Masters Degree and Certificate in Information Architecture at Kent State University
Thomas J. Froehlich, Jim Jeffers, Jeff Howard, Murli Nagasundaram and 2 others
Coinciding with a feature entitled "The Architects of the Information Age," in the current edition of Fortune magazine, the Information...

New Masters in Design Ethnography Launched
Catriona Macaulay
New Masters in Design Ethnography Launched The Schools of Computing and Design at the University of Dundee (UK) have joined...

December 2007

US News thinks we have potential!
Chris Dame, William Evans, Jeff Seager, Bryan Minihan and 30 others
I saw that US News recently ran an article on the "Best Careers of 2008" (http://www.usnews.com/features/business/best-careers/best-careers-2008.html), and a new addition this year...

When/Where/How did you decide to be a designer?
pauric, Mark Schraad, Fred Beecher, Robert Hoekman, Jr. and 30 others
Brian Hoffman wrote in another thread: "While many of you have followed a very straight career path into interaction design, I'm probably...

October 2007

d schools
Mark Schraad, Christopher Fahey, Jack Moffett, pauric and 29 others
nice article on desgin talent and d-schools on this morning's bweek Mark http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/di_special/20071005d-schools.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories ...

Announcement: International call for techno talents - 2nd edition 2008
Joshua Seiden
[I am posting this by request. Please see www.domusacademy.com for further information.]* International call for techno talents - 2nd edition 2008 *Are...

September 2007

studying interaction design
Nicolas Cohen, Björn Simonson, Michael Micheletti, Patricia Mourthé and 6 others
hi i've been working for 3 years now doing interaction design for websites and web apps here in buenos aires there's...

August 2007

CUA
Achyuta Deb, White, Jeff, White, Jeff, Muntone, Jim
Hey everyone, I am relatively new to this group and found it really fascinating. I want a head start in the ID...

Primarily for UK-based list members
McIvor, Lee, cuisarah, Alexander Baxevanis, Can Zhao
Hi all, I'm about to move to London, and was wondering if anyone can point me towards some good Masters level...

July 2007

Best schools for HCI degrees?
Won Sun Parque, Maria Cordell, Mark Schraad, Celeste `seele` Paul and 28 others
Kind of an old thread, but I'm thinking about taking some classes for the HCI certificate program in Rensselaer Polytechnic. Has...

May 2007

New classes in NYC from SmartEx
Victor Lombardi
Smart Experience is a new school in New York City offering classes for Internet professionals. We intend to cover state-of-the-art topics taught...

Please advice: Interaction Design at Umea Insititute of Design or New Media at Media Lab (UIAH)?
Abhigyan Singh
Hi All, I am from India and seek advice from all the members of this group in helping me in taking an...

Learning how to sketch?
Alexander Baxevanis, Joseph Tate, Alok Jain, Trip O'Dell and 10 others
Dear all, I was wondering if anyone can offer some some suggestions on improving sketching skills. I'm mostly interested in using sketching for...

Old guard vs new guard designers
Gabriel White, Dan Saffer, Trip O'Dell, Nancy Broden and 44 others
I've been wondering whether there's a slow ground shift happening in interaction design. Here's the scene: - Most of the current experienced designers...

April 2007

USID2007 || Call for Papers from Professionals, Academicians and Students
HCI Hyderabad
Call for Papers Technology has become the driving force of change in the modern world. While hardware and software matured at...

December 2006

Best schools for HCI degrees?
Wunderlich, Judi, Maria Cordell, Mark Schraad, Celeste `seele` Paul and 28 others
Hello group! I¹d love to hear your opinions about the best universities today teaching Human-Computer Interface or similar. Thanks! Regards, Judi Wunderlich Director of Recruiting A Q...

October 2006

Classes from Cooper
Valerie Gomez de la Torre, Renato Almeida, Chris Hallenbeck
Hello, Has anyone taken any of the classes offered by Cooper in San Francisco? Classes offered: http://www.cooper.com/content/cooperu/classes.asp Thanks! Valerie ...

RCA's IxD Program Changes Its Name
Dan Saffer
From Interaction Design to...Design Interactions. Huh. "The focus of the department is shifting, and although electronics and computing will...

September 2006

What I DID learn in Design School
Dave (Heller) Malouf, Nathan, Tori Egherman and 5 others
http://tinyurl.com/kvj36 David Armano, Creative Director at Digitas in Chicago, and blogger @ Logic + Emotion (see above link), lists all the...

June 2006

CMU programs
Todd Warfel, Jack Moffett, Sabine Junginger, Jeff Howard and 2 others
I'm trying to find some information on Carnegie Mellon's design programs, but for the life of me, I can't...

Resources for the Business of Design?
Nathan, Ted Booth, David (Heller) Malouf, Markus Grupp and 4 others
I'm doing research into degree programs around the world that offer a combined business/design degree of some kind. This...

Interaction-Ivrea's final show
Mark|Experientia, Christopher Fahey, Dan Saffer, Mauro Cavalletti
I have just uploaded a series of short features on the graduation projects by the final students of the...

October 2005

Students ask: how do you brainstorm?
Ryan Betts, Peter Boersma, Ashraf Habash and 2 others
I’m part of a group of 4th year students trying to develop a capture and access tool to help...

May 2005

Design education
kjnarey, Lada Gorlenko, Adrian Howard
An interesting Design Council (UK) article on Michael Beirut "Much of [design] is still down to natural ability. 'There's a dirty...

March 2005

learning IxD in school AND Designing Globally
vaughan1 at optonline.net, Jorge Arango
Anirudha said: > I have written up a couple of papers on who an interaction > designer is, > and what should...

learning IxD in school: is a master's degree necessary?
Meredith Noble, Wendy Fischer, Kevin Cheng, Dan Saffer
Hi everyone, I am planning to pursue a career in interaction design and am looking for some advice about how much master's...

December 2004

FW: foundation classes/topics for IxD education
David Heller
I'm resubmitting this b/c not a soul responded and I think it's a goody! Later, dave -----Original Message----- Whether formal or informal education...