Analog in, digital out : Brendan Dawes on interaction design

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawes, Brendan, Author.

Series:

Voices that matter Analog in, digital out

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] New Riders 2007

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Creativity is an innate human impulse, many people believe, something we’re born with but too often “grow out of” as adult lives make more and more demands. Fortunately for us, the creative drive continues to run strong in legendary designer Brendan Dawes. Habitually alert to the happy accident, and possessed of highly eclectic interests and a quirky wit, he has happened into his perfect career. Around this habit–call it a philosophy–of asking, “Why does this have to be this way? What if . . .,” Dawes has built magneticNorth, an acclaimed Web and interaction design practice, based in Manchester, U.K. In this unique book, Dawes invites readers inside a series of his personal projects to get a view of his process--his creative seeing, making, and playing. He encourages designers to look beyond the normal tools of their trade to find inspiration in the most unlikely of places: tubs of children’s clay, anonymous notes, household plumbing fixtures, jazz music, snow globes, fast-food take-out bags, airport departure gates, and more. Brilliant, original, and always grounded in the needs of users, Dawes shares both the techniques he has created and the key lessons he has learned in design: why comfort is the enemy of creativity; how mistakes can be celebrated instead of feared, and how to strip design to its purest and most powerful forms. Known worldwide for his entertaining and inspirational presentations, Dawes now brings profound insights to a book that is certain to become a classic inspiration for designers of every type. Brendan Dawes is Creative Director of the interactive design group magneticNorth, based in Manchester, UK. His clients include the Walt Disney Co., the BBC, Kellogg’s, and Coca-Cola. Dawes’ work has been featured in numerous journals, including idN, Creative Review, MacUser, Computer Arts, Create, The Guardian, and Communications Arts. He was also featured in New Masters of Flash and other books, and is the author of Flash ActionScript for Designers: Dra,g Slide, Fade. Dawes spends much of the year speaking at conferences around the world, including the HOW Design Conference and Flashforward .

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction: Running with Scissors

1. Looking Up

2. Just Ring the Bell When You Get There

3. "Brown Paper and String" Moments

4. Play-Doh as Interface

5. Recycling the Past

6. All This Useless Beauty

7. Anything Can Happen in the Next Half-Hour

8. Waiting for Departure

9. Nightmare at 30,000 Feet

10. Strangers on a Train

11. Spiral Notebook

12. The Power of Silence

13. Jazz Inspiration

14. Close to You

15. Don't Think

16. Constraints Are Good

17. The Special Capability of Making Many Mistakes

18. Perfection? In a Word, the Pencil

19. Designing for My Mum

20. Walk On By

21. Where's All My Stuff Gone?

22. A World without Undo

23. Mash-Up at the Movies

24. Contextual Memories

25. Rock 'n' Roll

26. Mariah Carey Syndrome

27. From Thin Air

28. Bending the Rules

29. Evidence of Use

30. Comfortably Numb.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780132704755

0132704757

OCLC:

73814046