Actor

Any participant in an experience design scene. A context, person, or design.

Every Experience Design scene involves three actors: context, people, and design. Experience design scenes are shaped by the ways these actors interact.

People

Anyone who uses design to complete an activity.

Design

Anything designed—a product, service, or system.

Context

The physical spaces, ideas, and prevailing attitudes of a place and time affect experience design scenes.

People: Self

A person’s internal and physical identity.

People: Relational

Ways people relate to others and how they perceive themselves in those relationships.