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Design for Interaction: User-Friendly Graphics [Hardcover]

Lisa Baggerman (Author)
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August 1, 2000
Are your client's customers demanding more? Today's consumers demand more than good-looking design. They want and need designs that work for them, and help them achieve their goals. With technology emphasizing interactivity, good design must relate to its audience.

Design for Interaction: User-Friendly Graphics de-mystifies the elements of good interface design through in-depth looks at 18 different designers who have successfully made the connection between design and customer. From these case studies you'll discover:
--The five golden rules of interface design
--How to meet the demands of speed-demon Web surfers
--How to generate return visits with a truly different Web interface
--The secret to making corporate annual reports lively
--How book design can mirror its readers
--Product design that combines form and function
--How successful environmental design can turn crowds into consumers


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An essential key for any designer. -- Midwest Book Review

Design For Interaction by Lisa Baggerman tackles the idea of user experience and interactivity as elements of good interface design. -- C3 Magazine, September 2000

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Packed with examples from print, product design, software, and the Web, this book offers powerful proof that a well-designed graphic interface is strategy for success.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Rockport Publishers (August 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1564966526
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564966520
  • Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,814,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very thorough. New angle on interaction., November 13, 2000
This review is from: Design for Interaction: User-Friendly Graphics (Hardcover)
When I picked up the book, I expected it to be only Websites. I was pleasantly surprised, then, to see that Ms. Baggerman has investigated the design principles necessary for anything with which a human being interacts--be it a magazine, a font, packaging, or, of course, a Website. Clearly, knowledgeably written and fun to read, I found the approach refreshing and inspiring. It really makes you think about the need to put the end-user first in ANYTHING you design.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Art Book-? Yes. Design Guide? No Way, April 2, 2002
This review is from: Design for Interaction: User-Friendly Graphics (Hardcover)
If you'd like a beautiful art book to display on your coffee table that attests to what you do for a living (designing Web sites, typography, software, interiors, etc.), then this book would be a good option. If you want real information about design, and guidance to improve your design skills, keep on looking. You will be disappointed in a book with illegibly tiny type for its body text (I know, I know, this book is about designing for users' needs first and good looks second).

I feel sad to have to report this, because Ms. Baggerman seems to write well (yes, I suffered through reading all the 6 pt. and smaller type), and has useful information to present, as well as interesting examples. Unfortunately, the designers got in control of this project, and the editorial staff didn't rein them in. Design for Interaction is a treat visually. For usability, however, it undoubtedly lacks.

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Provides an assessment of modern designs, February 13, 2001
This review is from: Design for Interaction: User-Friendly Graphics (Hardcover)
Designers have traditionally guided their audience until recently; now user needs and activities become the priorities of good designing. This provides an assessment of modern designs which require audience participation. Chapters discuss how designs relate to use and efficiency, and provide examples of modern design interaction which is driving design choices around the world. An essential key for any designer.
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