Designing Interactions: Book recommendation Jan 07
8 comments Latest by JD
I got Designing Interactions over the holidays and have really enjoyed it so far. I’m not done with it, but I’m done enough to be able to recommend it.
The book looks at the evolution and breakthroughs of interface and industrial design over the last 40 odd years.
The history traces a squiggly line through the invention of the mouse, the graphical user interface, the PC, the laptop, the handheld, gaming, online services, the internet, and beyond. It’s a really interesting look at how this builds on that and that changes this.
The 700-page book is richly illustrated and includes interviews with some of the world’s most important figures in design, product development, design education, and computer science.
(Thanks for the book, JD)
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8 comments so far
linkerjpatrick 07 Jan 08
Thanks for the heads up on this book. Looks fascinating. I’ve been doing a series on my blog called, “The Aspects of Design” and this is one subject I would like to touch upon and this book will be a great resource.
Andrew 07 Jan 08
I’m really surprised when smart designers claim to like this book. Sure it’s long and pretty attractive, but it’s shoddy writing and dubious history. Some of it is merely shilling for IDEO , which borders on the unethical, since Moggridge never bothers to mention he’s that company’s founder. I wrote a long wrote a critical review of it last year where I tried to make this case, I’d be interested in your responses to it.
AJ Siegel 07 Jan 08
How interesting, I just started reading this in the morning and then saw your blog post now. My HCI professor at RIT (Rochester, NY) recommended this to me when I started my new position at The Travelers (Hartford, CT) as a Usability Engineer.
I am glad I added this to my library alongside Defensive Design for the Web. I bring that one with me to all our usability studies for my and my customer’s reference.
Thanks for all your contributions and ideas!
Henrik Rydberg 07 Jan 08
I also enjoyed the DVD that came along with the book.
The movie is also good stuff for teaching Interaction design and getting people familiar with UI design with some history and background of innovation on the field. That’s on my to-do list for the next teaching session.
Laurent 08 Jan 08
I got it since more than 6 months and it’s a real wonder. It’s highly inspirationnal and it’s one the first attempts to make such “best of” of all great internation design success stories.
Hailei Wang 08 Jan 08
This is a wonderful book. I read it twice, and I made a keynote based on ideas from this book at Microsoft China Technology Center.
Fahri 08 Jan 08
There is a free chapter and some video interviews available to download at the book’s website. Those who are planning to buy the book might like to take a peek.
http://www.designinginteractions.com/download
JD 09 Jan 08
:)
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