AIGA Publications and Design Press

Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices

 

Dan Saffer, published July 18, 2006
Master the design discipline that makes products such as the iPod and sites such as Flickr so innovative. While other books on the subject are either over-written or else are too focused on a particular medium like software, this guide takes a more holistic approach to the discipline and is presented from a designer’s point of view rather than that an engineer’s.

This much-needed guide is more than just a how-to manual. It covers interaction design fundamentals, approaches to designing, design research and more, and spans all mediums—internet, software, devices, even robots! Filled with tips, real-world projects and interviews, you’ll take away a solid grounding in everything you need to know to be a successful interaction designer.

To preview pages from the book, visit the website designingforinteraction.com.

“A trustworthy product or service is one that users will take the time to examine and learn, discovering and using more features because they aren’t afraid something bad will happen to them if they do.”

 

About Dan Saffer

Dan Saffer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path who has designed and built websites, applications and devices since 1995. He is an internationally recognized thought leader on interaction design, and has spoken at such conferences as Design Thinkers, SXSW, Business to Buttons and Webvisions. His writing on design has appeared in BusinessWeek and on Vitamin and Boxes and Arrows. Saffer has also taught workshops on interaction design in the United States, Europe and Australia. Saffer is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Master of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University.