Thoughts on Interaction Design [electronic resource].
Kolko, Jon.
Connors, ChrisContributor
Burlington : Elsevier Science,
2010.
 Interaction Designers-whether practicing as Usability Engineers, Visual Interface Designers, or Information Architects-attempt to understand and shape human behavior in order to design products that are at once usable, useful, and desirable. Although the value of design is now recognized as essential to product development, the field is often misunderstood by managers and other team members, who don't understand a designer's role in a team. This can cause inefficient and ineffective products.   Thoughts on Interaction Design gives individuals engaged in this profession the dialo
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Front Cover; Dedication; Copyright Page; Thoughts on Interaction Design; Contents; Introduction; Section One: Understanding Interaction Design; Chapter One: Multiple Roots, and an Uncertain Future; Human Factors in the creation of mass-produced objects; Human Factors in the creation of software; Convergent product design creates new challenges; Understanding the role of technology; Interaction Design as a professional discipline; Designing and shaping behavior; ChapterTwo: Computing and Human Computer Interaction; Understanding the history of human-computerinteraction
Cyborgs and the ubiquity oftechnologyInteraction Design in an Engineering - CentricWorld; Process; Credibility; Prototyping; What have we learned?; Section Two: Connecting People, Emotions, and Technology; Chapter Three: A Process for Thinking aboutPeople; The process ofdesign; Defining the design problem or opportunity; Discovering hidden wants, needs, and desires; A cyclical process of synthesis, creation, and refinement; A thoughtful reflection of the process; The role of intuition; The role of Design in the business process; Usable, useful, and desirable; ChapterFour: Managing Complexity
Structuringdata in order to make useful informationDesigningwith the fourth dimension in mind; Using a concept map to understandrelationship and vocabulary; Using a Process Flow Diagram to understand the logical flow of entities; Theclassification of words; Chapter Five: Shaping Aestheticsto Inform Experience; Aesthetic relationships betweennature and technology; Visualform language creates product families; Therole of brand in visual families; Moving from artifacts to experiences; Interaction Design as BusinessLubricant; Tradition be damned; Driven-notdriving; Doers-notthinkers
No silver bulletsThinking is the new black; Enter the Interaction Designer; Implementing strategy; It's Design, not design; Section Three: The Rhetorical Nature of Interaction Design; Chapter Six: Interaction Designand Communication; Thedesigner as persuader; Designedartifacts identify an underlying culture; Designlanguage can provide the cultural substance; Thehonesty of poetic interactions; Investigatingmindfulness; Providinga vivid and refined attention to sensory detail; Apoetic interaction may not be a usable interaction; On the Nature of Interaction asLanguage
Interaction: Framing the Concept within DesignLanguage: passing meaning to others; Metaphors: enabling people to understand; Affordances: Interaction and Language in Practice; Design as communication: the essential theme revealed; Rhetorical meaning; Interpretations of signs; Making Meaning; Section Four: Challenges Facing Interaction Design in Industry; Chapter Seven: The Political Dynamics of ProductDevelopment; Interactiondesign at the center of the world; Getting DesignDone; Working with product managers; Your job is to make decisions and deliver them to otherpeople
Jack of all trades, master of none
 Interaction Designers-whether practicing as Usability Engineers, Visual Interface Designers, or Information Architects-attempt to understand and shape human behavior in order to design products that are at once usable, useful, and desirable. Although the value of design is now recognized as essential to product development, the field is often misunderstood by managers and other team members, who don't understand a designer's role in a team. This can cause inefficient and ineffective products.   Thoughts on Interaction Design gives individuals engaged in this profession the dialo
Includes bibliographical references.
Engineering design.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-machine systems.
Industrial design -- Psychological aspects.
Product design.
Industrial design
Product design
Human-machine systems
Human-computer interaction
Engineering design
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Industrial & Management Engineering