Interaction Design

Interaction designers who wish to design in the space of pervasive computing should pay close attention to lessons from architecture on place and social infrastructure.

Borrowing from ideas on architectural type, we might develop a typology of situated interaction. This would be a set of patterns of human interaction each characterized by the protocols, etiquettes, and activities accumulated in a place.

The role of the architect can be seen less as an expert problem solver, and more as a citizen sense-maker who brings together conflicting voices into a coherent, responsible design.