Design

What is Interaction Design? A Reboot

Throughout this semester our class has read about and discussed a large variety of topics that influence the area of interaction design. We started off the semester, each writing our interpretation of what interaction design is. While my view has not changed, my…

What are Affordances?

James Gibson’s perspective

Gibson was a psychologist influential in the field of visual perception and responsible for coining the term affordance. He defines affordance as qualities that an environment, or object in an environment, offer a human or animal. Flat…

What is Interaction Design?

Interaction Design is the process of evaluating and improving how people interact with products, services, and online applications.

Many people tend to associate interaction design solely with online experiences, primarily with interfaces and site…

Introduction

Hi there! I’m Emma Zelenko, a current master’s student at Carnegie Mellon studying interaction design.

I took a non-traditional route to becoming a designer. As an undergraduate I studied psychology and film. I was fascinated by both human behavior and storytelling.