Experience Design

by Nathan Shedroff

With "Experience Design, Nathan Shedroff has designed and written a book for those in the digital and related design professions, especially those creating online and interactive media who are looking for core inspiration and meaning in their work. This is a book directly at the intersection of today's design disciplines - interaction design, information design, visual design, and more. Shedroff provides not only a way of designing online experience, but also, and more importantly, an approach to all design, whether it be of products, services, environments, or events. Read cover-to-cover, "Experience Design is a kind of textbook that presents theories and examples. Opened to any page at random, it is a source of inspiration that challenges your thinking about your creative work.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction

First published March 30, 2001

Reviews

[Kristoffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A catalogue of concepts and issues to consider in experience design. On the flip side a superficial and simplistic treatment which is not really unique to experience design but is equally applicable to interface design in general, with obvious do's and don'ts and sweeping claims that are easily refuted and which could have been edited away. Still, inspirational and a good overview and starting point for deeper explorations.

[Sarah Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had issues with this book, but not the writing. Writing in this book had nothing wrong with it. However, I had multiple issues with the design (yes, this IS a design book). The author bugged me because he'd over-lap white text on white and grey backgrounds (he does this five or six times). Which, of course, is nearly impossible to read--even for those of us blessed with good eyesight!

[Marc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Changed the way I look at what I do, and helped me get a sweet job.