Welcome to the European
Interaction Design Association
IxDA is an international organization dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design with more than 20,000 members and over 80 local chapters around the world. In Europe, we see a fast growing number of members joining our global IxDA community as new local chapters spawn all across the region. On this page we’d like to introduce you to IxDA in Europe and hope to ignite and inspire your passion for Interaction Design.
Interaction Design
Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices and beyond. Our practices are evolving with the world.
About IxDA
IxDA is a global network dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design – founded in 2003 and incorporated as a not-for-profit in late 2005. IxDA is a novel kind of “un-organization” in that there is no cost for membership. IxDA relies on its passionate members to help serve the needs of the international Interaction Design community. With more than 20,000 members and over 80 local chapters around the world, the IxDA network actively focuses on Interaction Design issues for the practitioner, no matter their level of experience.
Find out more about IxDA Global on www.ixda.org
Our Mission
We believe that the human condition is increasingly challenged by poor experiences. IxDA intends to improve the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design. To do this, we foster a community of people that come together to support this intention. IxDA relies on individual initiative, sharing and self-organization as the primary means for us to achieve our goals.
IxDA in Europe
Throughout Europe, the dialogue on Interaction Design in academia and business is pursued from many different angles, nurtured by the region’s great diversity of national identities and socio-economic conditions. To allow IxDA to effectively utilize those kinds of regional premises, the global organization has assigned Coordinators for the worlds main geographical areas. In Europe, the Regional Coordination promotes to embrace the areas diversity and encourages cross-national collaboration amongst its chapters to facilitate a broad and manifold dialogue on Interaction Design.
IxDA Europe is proud to be supported by:
Our objectives for Europe
56 active chapters in Europe
Throughout Europe, the dialogue on Interaction Design in academia and business is pursued from many different angles, nurtured by the region’s great diversity of national identities and socio-economic conditions. To allow IxDA to effectively utilize those kinds of regional premises, the global organization has assigned Coordinators for the worlds main geographical areas. In Europe, the Regional Coordination promotes to embrace the areas diversity and encourages cross-national collaboration amongst its chapters to facilitate a broad and manifold dialogue on Interaction Design.
IxDA Greece
Athena, Greece
IxDA Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
IxDA Bergen
Bergen, Norway
IxDA Berlin
Berlin, Germany
IxDA Birmingham
Birmingham, England
IxDA Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
IxDA Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
IxDA Bucuresti
Bucuresti, Romania
IxDA Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
IxDA Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
IxDA Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
IxDA Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
IxDA Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
IxDA Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
IxDA Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
IxDA Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
IxDA Rhein-Neckar
Heidelberg, Germany
IxDA Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
IxDA Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
IxDA Krakow
Krakow, Poland
IxDA Köln
Köln, Germany
IxDA Lasi
Lasi, Romania
IxDA Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
IxDA Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
IxDA Linz
Linz, Austria
IxDA Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
IxDA London
London, England
IxDA Lyon
Lyon, France
IxDA Madrid
Madrid, Spain
IxDA Malmo
Malmo, Sweden
IxDA Slovenia
Maribor, Slovenia
IxDA Milan & Turin
Milan / Turin, Italy
IxDA Munich
Munich, Germany
IxDA Namur
Namur, Belgium
IxDA North East England
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
IxDA Nis
Nis, Serbia
IxDA Northampton
Northampton, England
IxDA Oslo
Oslo, Norway
IxDA Paris
Paris, France
IxDA Porto
Porto, Portugal
IxDA Rome
Rome, Italy
IxDA BiH
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
IxDA Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
IxDA Stavanger
Stavanger, Norway
IxDA Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
IxDA Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
IxDA Tampere
Tampere, Finland
IxDA Toulouse
Toulouse, France
IxDA Trondheim
Trondheim, Norway
IxDA Turku
Turku, Finland
IxDA Umea
Umeå, Sweden
IxDA Nederland
Utrecht / Breda / Rotterdam / Arnhem, Netherlands
IxDA Vienna
Vienna, Austria
IxDA Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
IxDA Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia
IxDA Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Contacts for Europe
IxDA is entirely run by volunteers who are passionate about Interaction Design. For Europe , Gilles Demarty leads the regional coordination, with support by 3 core team members. To get in touch with us, you can either write to our main email address interact@ixda.eu or refer to the individual contacts as stated below.
Interaction Design Association Europe
- Email interact@ixda.eu
- Twitter twitter.com/ixdaeurope
- Linkedin linkedin.com/groups/2099613
Representatives
Gilles Demarty
Regional Coordinator Europe
IxDA Lausanne
LinkedIn
Tin Kadoic
Core Team Member
IxDA Croatia
LinkedIn
Filip Szymczak
Core Team Member
IxDA Dublin
LinkedIn
Audrey Liehn
Core Team Member
IxDA Berlin
LinkedIn
Alumni
Through the year, many people have helped the core team. Big thanks to Yohan Creemers, Alexis Brion, Drausio Haddad, Birgit Geiberger Boersma, Alexander Baumgardt, and Dirc-Robert Wortley
Interaction Week
Every year, IxDA gathers the interaction design community to stretch minds, sharpen skills, and inspire each other. In 2019 Seattle will act as host for the Interaction Week, the annual interaction design festival built around a global community.
Find out more on the Interaction Conference Site
How to participate
IxDA relies on its passionate members as well as contributing partners to help serve the needs of the Interaction Design community – on an international, regional and local level. Read about the possibilities to participate and contribute here and then join the dialogue!