When looking back at the evolution of interaction design, we tend to focus on designs such as digital products and software. However, it was the thinking of the pioneers that started this path. In the context of the 19th and 20th centuries, Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth pushed the boundaries of their respective fields. They opened people’s minds and left a foundation for future generations.
The core of modern interaction design is to serve people.
Lovelace always believed that computers should be more than just calculators. She pointed out that computers can handle most things. And computers can interact with people, resonating with their creativity and ideas. Her ideas set the stage for thinking about the “diversity of human-computer interactions”.
Gilbreth, on the other hand, thought about the human body, the needs of users, and other perspectives, combining psychology and other sociology with design, and laying down the concept of “human-centeredness” for later interaction design.
Their success was groundbreaking. Their success was groundbreaking, as women were often overlooked in the male-dominated industrial age, but their accomplishments made a huge impact on people.