Interaction Design and related books and articles

Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:01:35 PST

From the creators of Yahoo!'s Design Pattern Library, Designing Social Interfaces provides you with more than 100 patterns, principles, and best practices, along with...

Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design, Video Edition (includes...

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:42:34 PDT

Product Description This packaged product includes Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design (book) and Handcrafted CSS: Bulletproof Essentials (DVD-ROM). The book and...

Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience (Paperback)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:53:36 PDT

Product Description Thoroughly rewritten for today's web environment, this bestselling book offers a fresh look at a fundamental topic of web site development: navigation...

mightyj writes "@miss_alina - I didn't add Don't Make Me Think, because although it is a good..."

Sat, 23 May 2009 20:24:43 PDT

@miss_alina - I didn't add Don't Make Me Think, because although it is a good book, it is more an intro to the idea of usability for those outside a user-centered design discipline. This list consists more of practical and in-depth resources for IxD/UX practitioners (though there are some maybe non-obvious books I have included).

miss_alina writes "Don't Make Me Think????"

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:31:32 PDT

Don't Make Me Think????

miss_alina writes "had this book ever since college. one of my favorites =D"

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:30:39 PDT

had this book ever since college. one of my favorites =D

Designing for the Web

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:15:14 PST

Mark Boulton is a designer from the UK. He’s worked exclusively in web design for over ten years, but has a background in traditional graphic and typographic design....

The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction (Hardcover)

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:50:31 PST

Amazon.com: The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction: Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, Allen Newell: Books

astara writes "Wonderful list. I want them all!!"

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:42:45 PDT

Wonderful list. I want them all!!

Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:23:29 PDT

Amazon.com: Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics (Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies): Thomas Tullis,...

Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action (Voices That...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:48:26 PDT

Product Description The trick to great design is knowing how to think through each decision so that users don't have to. In Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design...

sarahusuk writes "Great List - thanks for the tips!"

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:07:55 PDT

Great List - thanks for the tips!

The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites (2nd Edition)...

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:21:28 PDT

Product Description <>Praise for the second edition of The Design of Sites "In my worldwide IBM marketing role, I have the benefit of working with some of the finest...

Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:27 PST

There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things....

Designing Interactions

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:52:22 PST

This is an insightful and necessary read for anyone entering the field of interaction design/user experience but also serves as a wonderful refresher for current...

Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:43:21 PST

* Paperback: 204 pages * Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (September 26, 2005) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0596007655 * ISBN-13: 978-0596007652 * Product Dimensions:...

Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research (Morgan...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:40:54 PST

Review "The no-nonsense approach includes guidelines, tables for estimating costs, and plenty of detailed practial advice. Simply written, well-structured and highhy...

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:39:59 PST

"...not a how-to book, ...not a book about technology, ...(and) not a book of answers. Instead, this book is about asking the right questions. "This book will tell you...

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:32:56 PST

This book is different from most books on designing user interfaces since the ideas are presented as design patterns, much as you would see in Gamma's classic book on the...

About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:32:06 PST

With more and more applications moving toward the web and websites becoming exceedingly more complex than ever intended for their original design, Alan's new version of...

The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for...

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:13:52 PST

When creating a web site, it's very easy to fall into the trap of designing it for yourself. Unfortunately, you're not the typical user in most cases, nor are you the...

Designing Interactions

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:37:04 PST

Review "Designing Interactions offers multiple interfaces in its own right. It's not just a well-designed, nicely indexed book, with a heft that strains the tendons (the...

Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:48:02 PDT

Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton This is a great book, for anyone involved with innovation, product management, communication of new ideas or product...

Getting Them To What They Want

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:54:07 PDT

Are you frustrated because your users can't find their desired content? Do you have valuable content on your site your users don't know about? Do you want your users to...

Designing for the Scent of Information

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:52:23 PDT

The users coming to your site all have one thing in common: their animal instinct. When a user wants to find something on your site, they are on the hunt. Just like a fox...

Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)...

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:17:38 PDT

Dan Cederholm is a web designer and independent web author currently living in Salem, MA. His CSS redesigns of Fast Company and Inc. magazines' web sites have gained him...

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

With Visual Explanations, Edward R. Tufte adds a third volume to his indispensable series on information display. The first, The Visual Display of Quantitative...

Envisioning Information

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf...

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's...

Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. The author's objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the...

Rapid Contextual Design, First Edition : A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for...

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

Is it impossible to schedule enough time to include users in your design process? Is it difficult to incorporate elaborate user-centered design techniques into your own...

Contextual Design : A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs (The Morgan...

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

There's certainly no shortage of software design methods: most demand total allegiance, and many claim to be the only true way to delivering useful and maintainable...

Human Factors Design Handbook

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

Practical guidelines for the Ergonomic Design of Products and Facilities You'll find: Key Descisions to make at the conceptual design stage; Diagrams, charts and...

An Eames Primer (Universe Architecture Series)

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:35 PDT

The first book to capture the philosophy and spirit behind the work of Charles and Ray Eames, An Eames Primer offers an in-depth look at the couple's prolific...