Editing Interaction design (section)

==Related disciplines==
;[[Industrial design]]<ref name="interactiondesign.com.au - disciplines and domaines">{{cite web|url=http://www.interactiondesign.com.au/disciplines-and-domains|title=Disciplines & Domains of Interaction Design|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105217/http://www.interactiondesign.com.au/disciplines-and-domains|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
:The core principles of industrial design overlap with those of interaction design. Industrial designers use their knowledge of physical [[Shape|form]], color, [[aesthetics]], [[Perception|human perception]] and desire, and [[usability]] to create a fit of an object with the person using it.

;[[Human factors and ergonomics]]
:Certain basic principles of ergonomics provide grounding for interaction design. These include [[anthropometry]], [[biomechanics]], [[kinesiology]], [[physiology]] and [[psychology]] as they relate to human behavior in the built environment.

;[[Cognitive psychology]]<ref name="interactiondesign.com.au - disciplines and domaines" />
:Certain basic principles of cognitive psychology provide grounding for interaction design. These include [[mental model]]s, mapping, [[interface metaphors]], and [[affordance]]s. Many of these are laid out in [[Donald Norman]]'s influential book ''[[The Design of Everyday Things]].''

;[[Human–computer interaction]]<ref name="interactiondesign.com.au - disciplines and domaines" />
:Academic research in human–computer interaction (HCI) includes methods for describing and testing the usability of interacting with an interface, such as [[cognitive dimensions]] and the [[cognitive walkthrough]].

;[[Design research]]
:Interaction designers are typically informed through iterative cycles of user research. User research is used to identify the needs, motivations and behaviors of end users. They [[design]] with an emphasis on user goals and experience, and evaluate designs in terms of [[usability]] and affective influence.

;[[Architecture]]<ref name="interactiondesign.com.au - disciplines and domaines" />
:As interaction designers increasingly deal with [[ubiquitous computing]], [[urban informatics]] and [[urban computing]], the architects' ability to make, place, and create context becomes a point of contact between the disciplines.

;[[User interface design]]
:Like user interface design and [[experience design]], interaction design is often associated with the design of system interfaces in a variety of media but concentrates on the aspects of the interface that define and present its behavior over time, with a focus on developing the system to respond to the user's experience and not the other way around.