Inventing the Medium
Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice
- Hardcover
504 pages
- Release Date
23 November 2011
Summary
A foundational text offering a unified design vocabulary and a common methodology for maximizing the expressive power of digital artifacts.Digital artifacts from iPads to databases pervade our lives, and the design decisions that shape them affect how we think, act, communicate, and understand the world. But the pace of change has been so rapid that technical innovation is outstripping design. Interactors are often mystified and frustrated by their enticing but confusing new devices; meanwhil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262016148 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262016141 |
| Author: | Janet H. Murray |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 23 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 1.25kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 32mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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This fascinating book…I suspect will become something of a ‘Bible’ of interaction design. Certainly, anyone who is at all serious about designing Websites, whether they be personal home pages, library Websites, digital libraries, or electronic journals should have this on their desks as a constant source of ideas and stimulation.
—Professor Tom Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, Information ResearchInventing the Medium might be considered a ‘Swiss army knife’ for interaction design.
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Janet H. Murray
Janet H. Murray is Ivan Allen College Dean’s Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Inventing the Medium- Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice (MIT Press).
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