This article aims to extend the traditional Ecological Interface Design (EID) process. With the rapid pace of digitalization in technological systems, there is a need for a design process that can handle the systemic design goals and the experiential basis of interaction. Currently, the traditional EID is well-positioned to address these challenges. However, methodologically, it needs to be substantiated to make it accessible for designers, designing for novel arenas, such as Industry 4.0. Further, substantiating the design process will help designers, engineers, and human factors researchers with an accessible pathway that links the design brief to the final interface form. Therefore, this article delves into the “design” basis in the work of the Risø group and other prominent EID researchers and practitioners. In addition, it draws from a variety of themes in the discipline of design that addresses methodology. In particular, key insights are drawn from the design methods movement (1960s—); design, communication, and complexity from the Ulm school of design, 1953–1968; cognitive research conducted on designers and design activities; and finally, interaction design and communication design processes and models. All of these insights have been used syncretically to create the new integrated EID (iEID) process. This new design process consists of nine stages divided into three phases of divergence, transformation, and convergence, converting the initial design brief to the final interface. The steps of iEID are demonstrated using the example of interface design for a “digital twin” in the manufacturing sector.

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扩展生态接口设计流程——集成 EID

本文旨在扩展传统的生态界面设计（EID）流程。随着技术系统数字化的快速发展，需要一个能够处理系统设计目标和交互体验基础的设计过程。目前，传统的 EID 已准备好应对这些挑战。然而，从方法上讲，它需要得到证实，以使其可供设计师使用，为新领域设计，例如工业 4.0。此外，证实设计过程将帮助设计师、工程师和人为因素研究人员找到一条可访问的途径，将设计概要与最终的界面形式联系起来。因此，本文深入探讨了 Risø 小组和其他著名 EID 研究人员和从业者工作中的“设计”基础。此外，它借鉴了设计学科中涉及方法论的各种主题。特别是，关键见解来自设计方法运动（1960 年代—）；乌尔姆设计学院的设计、交流和复杂性，1953-1968 年；对设计师和设计活动进行的认知研究；最后，交互设计和通信设计过程和模型。所有这些见解都已被使用syncretically创建新的集成EID（iEID）的过程。这个新的设计过程包括九个阶段，分为发散、转换和收敛三个阶段，将初始设计概要转换为最终界面。以制造业中“数字孪生”的界面设计为例，演示了 iEID 的步骤。