Interaction frogger: a design framework to couple action and function through feedback and feedforward

ABSTRACT

In this paper we present a design framework to analyze person-product interaction. Its focus is on how the user's action and the product's function are coupled through different types of feedback and feedforward: inherent and augmented information. Instead of using the notion of 'coupling' in an abstract sense, our framework tries to give six practical characteristics for coupling action and information, i.e., time, location, direction, dynamics, modality and expression. Unifying action and information on each of these aspects makes the interaction intuitive. The framework invites and challenges designers to explore couplings leading towards embodied freedom of interaction.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.m MISCELLANEOUS

General Terms:
Design, Theory

Keywords:
design framework, feedback, feedforward, interaction models, tangible user interface