January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
7h 40m
English
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“The most difficult and interesting problems of the 21st century won’t be solved by apps alone. Software might be eating the world, but it’s the hardware mouth doing the chewing. As the boundary between digital and physical grows ever blurrier, more UX designers will have to consider more than just a 2D screen to do their jobs. This book connects the dots between interaction and industrial design in clear, thoughtful prose with vivid examples. Even if you don’t design hardware (yet), its timeless insights and principles culled from decades of physical products can’t help but make your designs better. Get this book.”
—DAN SAFFER, AUTHOR OF MICROINTERACTIONS
“Industrial design is one of the great design disciplines, and its influence on user experience design is both underestimated and misunderstood. As computing becomes more distributed and the Internet of Things becomes the dominant context for UX design, it’s increasingly important for all UX designers to become literate in the principles of industrial design, to incorporate it into their practice, and to understand its core ideas to work on teams with industrial designers. This book is a great and readable introduction to the intersection of ID and UX, written by designers with years of experience in both.”
—MIKE KUNIAVSKY, AUTHOR OF SMART THINGS
“This wonderful book, full of elaborate and detailed design examples, represents an important step in the evolution of the field of interaction ...
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