Interaction design

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Interaction design books

Posted by Danni on August 8, 2008

So you want to become an interaction designer.

What books should you read? Well, in my opinion…

  1. Don’t make me think!    (Steve Krug)
  2. About face 2.0  (latest edition)   (Cooper)
  3. Design of sites
  4. Prioritizing website usability   (Jakob Nielsen)
  5. Laws of simplicity             (MIT)
  6. Principles of design
  7. Information architecture   (O’Reilley)
  8. Designing Interfaces        (Jennifer Tidwell)
  9. Art and science of website design    (Jeffrey Veen)

Check out what people are buying at Amazon.co.uk or what UxD experts recommend at http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/zeitgeist/

Other people’s book lists

Usability and Interface Design books, an article by Smashing Magazine
Professor of ID in Sweden @ http://webzone.k3.mah.se/k3jolo/idBookshelf/index.htm

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