About Face
The Essentials of Interaction Design
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About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design, Fourth Edition is the latest update to the book that shaped and evolved the landscape of interaction design. This comprehensive guide takes the worldwide shift to smartphones and tablets into account, and shows why designing for these devices involves more than just downsizing a website. The new full-color interior and unique layout better illustrate modern design concepts, and the companion website complements the examples and instruction in the text. New information includes discussions on popularization apps, touch interfaces, ubiquitous technology, screen size considerations, and more, including discussions on:
* New thinking in interface, interaction, and product design methods
* Evolving design for mobile platforms and consumer electronics
* Current state-of-the-art interfaces and up-to-date case studies
* Updated Goal-Directed Design methodology
Designers looking to remain relevant through the current consumer technology shift will find complete guidance and essential techniques in About Face.
* New thinking in interface, interaction, and product design methods
* Evolving design for mobile platforms and consumer electronics
* Current state-of-the-art interfaces and up-to-date case studies
* Updated Goal-Directed Design methodology
Designers looking to remain relevant through the current consumer technology shift will find complete guidance and essential techniques in About Face.
The essential interaction design guide, fully revised and updated for the mobile age About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design, Fourth Edition is the latest update to the book that shaped and evolved the landscape of interaction design. This comprehensive guide takes the worldwide shift to smartphones and tablets into account. New information includes discussions on mobile apps, touch interfaces, screen size considerations, and more. The new full-color interior and unique layout better illustrate modern design concepts. The interaction design profession is blooming with the success of design-intensive companies, priming customers to expect "design" as a critical ingredient of marketplace success. Consumers have little tolerance for websites, apps, and devices that don t live up to their expectations, and the responding shift in business philosophy has become widespread. About Face is the book that brought interaction design out of the research labs and into the everyday lexicon, and the updated Fourth Edition continues to lead the way with ideas and methods relevant to today s design practitioners and developers. Updated information includes: Contemporary interface, interaction, and product design methods Design for mobile platforms and consumer electronics State-of-the-art interface recommendations and up-to-date examples Updated Goal-Directed Design methodology Designers and developers looking to remain relevant through the current shift in consumer technology habits will find About Face to be a comprehensive, essential resource.
