Graphics Design Chapter 12: Graphic Design for Interactive Media

With the advent of the Information Technology (IT), there was a great revolution in media. For the first time in the history of ‘communication media’, the traditional ‘passive user’ was bestowed with the power to control and dictate the media. User-control and ‘Interactivity’ has become critical factors in digital communication. As a result, there was an emergence of new concept called Interaction Design. It has become the most important component of media.

This involves new ways of interacting with computers, interface design, navigation design, human computer interaction and user-centered design. Collectively put together it is termed as ‘Interaction Design’. By and large, Interaction Design includes Multimedia CD/DVD, Internet and web-based applications, Hand-held Devices, Mobile Technology and all possible future applications using technologies.