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“Modern people interact with many devices that interact with them–like smartphones. They are empowered by these interactions, yet also distracted and isolated, phone-bound by thousands of swipes and taps per day. Janlert and Stolterman develop a conceptual framework for embodied interactivity, including measurement concepts for the scope and complexity of afforded interactions.”–John M. Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University; author of Making Use and The Neighborhood in the Internet

“In a field awash with superficial how-to manuals promising ready-to-go principles for simple and usable interaction, it is easy to lose sight of what Interaction Design is all about. This book offers some guidance. Based on more than twenty years of experience, Janlert and Stolterman provide nuanced concepts, a rich vocabulary, as well as provocative thoughts about interaction and interactivity. All that is needed to turn readers into reflective interaction designers.”–Marc Hassenzahl, Professor for Ubiquitous Design, Experience and Interaction, University of Siegen; author of Experience Design

Lars-Erik Janlert is Professor in the Department of Computing Science at Umeå University.

Erik Stolterman is Professor in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, and the coauthor of Thoughtful Interaction and The Design Way (second edition).

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