An Interaction With Mr. Interaction, Dan Saffer

This is something that we’re not all that familiar with in creation, but all too familiar with in experience. It’s interaction design, or the art of making a person feel immediately comfortable with a product or device. AIGA has just put up a terrific interview with Dan Saffer, a guy who does this sort of design for a living, and who has just published a book called Designing for Interaction all about this stuff. The book itself, which we pick up pieces of the topic in the interview, takes a look at the history of interaction design, where it’s at now, where it’s going, and how to maybe start thinking like one of these people.