Designing Devices

by Dan Saffer

From the ancient history of devices through the post-industrial-design era of touchscreens and gestural interfaces, Designing Devices presents keen insights on what it takes to design a truly great device. Topics covered include how to differentiate a device, interaction models, deciding what controls to have and where they should go, and how to design device feedback.

Genres: Design

52 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 27, 2011

About the author

Dan Saffer is a product design leader and the author of four books: Designing Devices (2011), Designing Gestural Interfaces (2008), Designing for Interaction (2006, 2009) and the best-selling Microinteractions (2013).

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reminding us all that while a Minority Report interface looks awesome, we don't actually want one.

[Kars · Rating 3 out of 5]

An OK quick read at its best when Saffer's personal perspective comes to the forefront.