Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Interaction Design and Cognitive Science

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Saturday 10th March 2012

• Physical Architecture Meets Interaction Design

  by Leonard Souza and Sean Coulter

  Physical architecture is about how environments interact with people. Interaction design is about the mind moving through abstract spaces. Somehow the two must intersect.

  This session is aimed at taking two design disciplines (physical architecture and interaction design) and finding where they relate, and how they can learn from one another. Interaction design has taken a lot from the field of architecture's creative and scientific process. For example, wireframes are very similar to blueprints (construction documents). These similarities are ever present between the two. Truly, both fields blend art and science, as well as both sides of the mind. Expect to come away with a high-level understanding of how phenomenology influences our interactions, tangible and intangible, and how cognitive science can be used to manipulate perception. This talk will be a lot of fun, so come down with an open mind and a lot of questions!

  • Architecture
  • Cognitive Science
  • Design
  • Interaction Design

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Ballroom BC, Austin Convention Center

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