{"id":124,"date":"2025-02-03T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/?p=124"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:32:04","slug":"lovelace-and-gilbreth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/lovelace-and-gilbreth\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovelace and Gilbreth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They important because they are key figures in interaction design history.<\/p>\n<p>Ada Lovelace saw the potentials in machines to do more than just math. For example, she thought a machine could create music or art if given the right instructions. This idea is like how modern apps or websites don\u2019t just calculate things\u2014they let us create, play, and connect.\u00a0Her key ides is that technology is designed to enhance human experience.<\/p>\n<p>Lillian Gilbreth is a pioneer. She focused on how people interact with tools and systems. For instance, she designed kitchens to be more efficient by placing items where they\u2019re easy to reach. This is like how we design apps today\u2014buttons are placed where your thumb naturally goes, or menus are simple to navigate. Her design approach about how to make things clear and intuitive influence how we create interactive systems today.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Lovelace and Gilbreth show us that good design is about connecting technology with human needs. Their ideas are everywhere in IXD, from apps that feel easy to use to systems that help us be more creative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They important because they are key figures in interaction design history. Ada Lovelace saw the potentials in machines to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovelace-gilbreth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Spring2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}