History of the IxDA

The Interaction Design Association was founded in 2003 by Rick Cecil, David Heller, Challis Hodge, and Jim Jarrett in response to Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini's impassioned plea to the interaction design community to create a nonprofit professional association to address the challenges that interaction designers encounter in their professional lives.

The Interaction Design Association is the result of that early collaboration. We were officially incorporated in 2006 as a non-profit organization and continue to grow as a member-supported community.

Our Mission

Evangelism - Promoting awareness of the discipline, craft, and value of interaction design and design research among businesses, academia, consumers, and colleagues

Innovation - Advancing the discipline of interaction design

Professionalism - Encouraging high standards of practice within the interaction design discipline

Education - Establishing standards for academic programs in interaction design

Community Building - Developing a close-knit community of interaction design professionals