Interaction Design: Beyond Human-computer Interaction

Interaction design can be defined as designing interactiveproducts to support the way people communicate and interact intheir everyday and working lives. To be successful, interactiondesigners will need a mixed set of skills drawn from psychology,human computer interaction, web design, computer science,information systems, and entertainment as well as an understandingof the desires and needs of people and the kinds of technologyavailable. Interaction Design: beyond human computerinteraction offers a cross-disciplinary, practical andprocess-oriented introduction to the field, showing not just whatprinciples ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially howthey can be applied. The fourth edition of this best-selling textbook has beensubstantially updated to reflect this dynamic and fast-moving fieldand includes: Wiley e-text featuring videos and Q&A New chapter Interaction Design in Practice Coverage of many new and traditional interfaces 25 new talking-head videos with HCI experts answering questionslike has HCI gone too far? New section on emotional tech and automated emotion Coverage of AgileUX and the maker movement New sections on social interaction and social media Interaction Design is hugely popular with studentsand professionals alike. It is an ideal resource for learning theinterdisciplinary skills needed for interaction design,human computer interaction, information design, web design,and ubiquitous computing. Accompanying the text is an extensivewebsite at http://www.id-book.com whichcontains additional teaching and learning material including slidesfor each chapter, comments on chapter activities, and a number ofin-depth case studies written by researchers and designers.