Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency (Leonardo Book Series)
"Cast as a walk through an electronic art gallery at the turn of the millennium in the company of two wise and witty friends of great common sense and uncommon vision, *Windows and Mirrors* involves its readers in a literally delight-full conversation which sometimes becomes a shared dream of breathtaking new vistas and possibilities. Media studies students in high school or college, professional designers, computer scientists, electronic artists, and a wide general audience alike will want to take this walk, have this conversation, and dream these dreams with Bolter and Gromala."--Michael Joyce, Vassar College"I recommend this book... a refreshing experience and source of inspiration."Gerd WaloszekSAP Design Guild"Mirrors and Windowsis a thought-provoking, provocative discourse about the nature of technology and society. The essays are certain to raise eyebrows, evoke "Ahas!", and stimulate further debate about computers, user interfaces, design, art, culture, society, and technology."Aaron Marcus, President, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc., prophet and pioneer of user-interface design"Kate Hayles reads with real attention and attention to the real, attending to electronic literature and hybrid verbal/visual forms with an eye to the materiality and mediality at their heart."--Michael Joyce, Vassar College"Windows and Mirrors is a thought-provoking, provocative discourse about the nature of technology and society. The essays are certain to raise eyebrows, evoke 'Ahas!', and stimulate further debate about computers, user interfaces, design, art, culture, society, and technology."--Aaron Marcus, President, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc., prophet and pioneer of user-interface design