How does Trust look like in Interaction and Digital Design?
Can trust be in layers? How do users experience Trust? Can ethics be categorised as passive and active ethics? How to actively maintain trust and ethics in a digital and interactive system.

Academic Fields :
Value Sensitive Design ( Friedman & Hendry, 2019 )
Deceptive Design Patterns ( Brignull )
Trust in Digital Systems ( Rachel Botsman )
Usability and Interaction Design ( Norman, 2013 )
Human-Computer Interaction ( HCI )
Social Fields :
Manage My Health Breach
Data privacy, data leaks
Responsible designs and use of data
Delusions through AI – biased content
Cultural Fields :
Maturanga Maori – Trust is relational, and everything is – ancestors, land, people, connection relates with how the Trust layers are connected

KEYWORDS, FRAMEWORK, APPROACH
Keywords
Interactive design
Trust
Ethics
Design Thinking
Layers of Trust and Ethics
AI
Framework
Double Diamond design process.
Approach
Human-centered design.
Trust-centered/relational practise lead and Indigenous informed.
Research Methods & Methodology
Methods
- Semi-structured interviews (40-55 participants)
- Thematic coding – Identifying Trends, labelling patterns
- Interaction prototyping
- Reflective Journaling
- User Testing, evaluation
- Brainstorming trust-designed solutions


Methodology
- Mixed Methods ( qualitative-led) design research, Ethical inquiry
- Design Thinking