Over the last twenty years, the rapid adoption of the graphical user
interface followed by the emergence of the World Wide Web has created an
increasing demand for interaction designers and interaction design research.
Knowledge generated by interaction designers is needed not only by other
designers, but also by researchers and practitioners from other disciplines. This
evolution has generated increasing pressure for more refined models of design
research and design research dissemination.
To address this problem, we first explore the evolution of design
documentation, detailing how it has evolved to meet the changing needs of
designers. Then we present an opportunity map detailing where design projects
produce knowledge. The map reveals areas for creating and communicating
knowledge that is specific to interaction design, yet generalizable to a larger
community that participates in interaction design