About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design

About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design

by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin, Christopher Noessel

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The definitive guide to interaction design, About Face covers the full spectrum from research and personas to interface design patterns for desktop, web, and mobile. Alan Cooper, the inventor of design personas, presents his Goal-Directed Design methodology for creating products that satisfy both user needs and business goals. The fourth edition adds extensive coverage of touchscreen interfaces and responsive design.

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It draws on The Design of Everyday Things, Don't Make Me Think and Flow.

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Cooper's Goal-Directed Design methodology builds on Norman's affordance and mental model frameworks from The Design of Everyday Things, extending them into a comprehensive interaction design process

The Design of Everyday Things

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The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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About Face references Krug's usability principles from Don't Make Me Think when discussing web navigation patterns and the importance of reducing cognitive load in interface design

Don't Make Me Think

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Don't Make Me Think

by Steve Krug

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Cooper draws on Csikszentmihalyi's Flow theory to explain how well-designed interactions should keep users in a state of productive engagement without unnecessary interruptions

Flow

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Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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The book references DeMarco and Lister's Peopleware when discussing how organisational structures and team dynamics affect the quality of interaction design outcomes

Peopleware

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Peopleware

by Tom DeMarco

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