Types of Design

Among all the types of design that exist, three of them i will focus on are taken from the 10 definitions of design at the Demystifying usability blog.

Interaction Design
This type of design is focused on how a person will interact with what it is that is being designed.



This is a Nintendo wii controller. It is designed to work with the Nintendo wii gaming system but is designed to fit snugly in a player's hand(s) and can be adjusted to stay put on their wrist as they move their body to perform the tasks of the game. This is an example of interaction design because the controller was designed to interact a person and the nintendo wii (wirelessly).



Graphic Design
This usually describes the look and feel of something, for example let us say Tom is asked to create a graphic design for the blog of a 15 year old girl thats favorite color is yellow and that likes butterflies. Let us also say that Tom created this background for the girl.



This is an example of a graphic design. It will be the look and feel of the 15 year old girl's blog.


Last but not least id like to bring up

Industrial Design
This is a type of design thats main function is to improve the everyday usability of the product with the user. Industrial design tries to combine aesthetics with the usability of the product.



this example is the coke bottle. It was made be aesthetically pleasing & hold your coke at a time when bottles didn't have creative shapes.