Collaborative design of interactive environments' behaviors

Abstract

This article addresses some characteristics of the design process from interactive environments. Specifically, it analyzes a collaborative workshop whose results supplied inputs for the creation of an interactive environment projected for a digital producer central office. The innovative character of the space created the need for a differentiated process in which the clients and the company employees were key elements to provide information for the project. A card set named i|o cards was applied to ease the communication during the workshop. The cards represent the structural and conceptual elements we regard as essential for the design of this kind of space. The article presents the theoretical blueprints of the project, used methodology; it describes the workshop and analyzes the achieved results.