Interactive Design

Definition:
Interactive Design is the discipline of defining the behavior of products and systems that a user can interact with. Interactive design focuses on behaviors of products. The role of designers is to work out these relevant behaviors and create a way to facilitate them, aiming to make connections between people. Interactive design has become far more predominant within day-to-day living. This is for example due to the increased incorporation of portable media devices that allows users to carry immediate access to such platforms for interactive design like mobile PDA's and portable internet.