Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology

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The authors of
Thoughtful Interaction Design go beyond the usual technical concerns of
usability and usefulness to consider interaction design from a design
perspective. The shaping of digital artifacts is a design process that
influences the form and functions of workplaces, schools, communication, and
culture; the successful interaction designer must use both ethical and
aesthetic judgment to create designs that are appropriate to a given
environment. This book is not a how-to manual, but a collection of tools for
thought about interaction design.Working with information technology
-- called by the authors "the material without qualities" -- interaction
designers create not a static object but a dynamic pattern of interactivity.
The design vision is closely linked to context and not simply focused on the
technology. The authors' action-oriented and context-dependent design theory,
drawing on design theorist Donald Schön's concept of the reflective
practitioner, helps designers deal with complex design challenges created by
new technology and new knowledge. Their approach, based on a foundation of
thoughtfulness that acknowledges the designer's responsibility not only for
the functional qualities of the design product but for the ethical and
aesthetic qualities as well, fills the need for a theory of interaction design
that can increase and nurture design knowledge. From this perspective they
address the fundamental question of what kind of knowledge an aspiring
designer needs, discussing the process of design, the designer, design methods
and techniques, the design product and its qualities, and conditions for
interaction design.Jonas Löwgren is Professor of Interaction Design at
Malmö University, Sweden.Erik Stolterman is Professor and Director of
the HCID Program at the School of Informatics, Indiana University.

 
Table of
Contents

Foreword: The Reflective Interaction
Designer vii   Preface xi  1
Introduction 1  2 The Process 15  3 The Designer 43
 4 Methods and Techniques 63  5 The Product and Its
Use Qualities 101  6 Conditions for Interaction Design 141
 7 Thoughtful Design 165   Notes 173
  References 175   Annotated Bibliography
181   Index of Names 189   Index of
Subjects  193