Interaction Design, 6th Edition

What's Inside?

Welcome to the sixth edition of Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction and our interactive website at www.id-book.com. Building on the success of the previous editions, we have substantially updated and streamlined the material in all the chapters to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fast-growing and multidisciplinary field of interaction design. We have also added an epilogue where we discuss our views of future directions for the field. Rather than let the book expand, however, we have again made a conscious effort to keep it the same length.

Our textbook is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students from a range of backgrounds studying introductory classes in human-computer interaction, interaction design, information and communications technology, web design, software engineering, digital media, information systems, and information studies. It will also appeal to practitioners, designers, and researchers who want to discover what is new in the field or to learn about a specific design approach, method, interface, or topic. It is written in an accessible way and so will appeal to a general audience interested in design and technology.

It is called Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction because interaction design is concerned with a broader scope of issues, topics, and methods than was originally the scope of human-computer interaction (HCI)—although nowadays, the two increasingly align in scope and coverage of topics. ...