Some books about design focus on web sites or specific products. Some texts explore the aesthetic and emotional value provided by various elements of design. However, there are few texts that explore the semantic connections that live between technology, and form and people—or "interactions."
Thoughts on Interaction Design offers readers new insights into Interaction Design and the connections between technology and formpeople and technology. Now in its second edition, Jon Kolko’s best-selling title builds upon its engaging material aimed to educate Designers, help Designers educate business owners, and legitimize Interaction Design for businesses. This edition explores how changes in the economic climate, an increased connectivity, and an international adoption of technology, affect designing for behavior and the nature of design itself. Ultimately, the text exists to provide a definition that encompasses the intellectual facets of the field, the conceptual underpinnings of interaction design as a legitimate human-centered field, and the particular methods used by practitioners in their day-to-day experiences.
About the Author, Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko is an Associate Creative Director at frog design. He has extensive experience in the professional world of interaction design, working with and around complicated technological constraints in order to solve the problems of Fortune 500 clients. His present research investigates the process of design, with a focus on methods of synthesis used to translate research into insights. Prior to working at frog, Kolko was a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he was instrumental in shaping the interaction and industrial design programs. He is the Editor-in-Chief of interactions, published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and he sits on the Board of Directors for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
