BA Interaction Design

So much of our lives are shaped by the technologies we use, the services we engage with, and the systems that we are embedded in. Our interactions with these products, services, and systems can have huge impacts on our success, our wellbeing, our connections with others, and even our planetary health. Interaction Design in NCAD is about shaping these designed experiences to better meet our needs, our wants, and our desires. We first consider the human and societal need before crafting the technologies and interfaces which deliver it.

At its core, Interaction Design is about imagining things as they might be, not accepting them as they are. 

The BA Interaction Design programme explores the relationship between people and technology through three district design approaches. Through a robust Human Centred Design approach students conduct real world research into complex situations and identify innovative design solutions with real impact. Other students engage in a Creative Technology driven approach, building interactive digital prototypes to explore and define new interactions with digital technologies. The final approach seeks to make us reflect on the complex contemporary issues by raising questions and manifesting new possibilities through the language of Critical Design.

This year students' projects tackle a range of subjects including; empowering citizen action to restore sand dunes, supporting continued learning for adults with special needs, enabling positive communication between children and non-resident parents, building embodied confidence in public speaking, or reflecting on the darker undercurrents of online gaming culture.