Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction

Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction

• In: Uncategorized
• By: maxine
• August 28th, 2006

Dan Saffer, who will be coming to Sydney for the Oz-IA Conference and Retreat will also be presenting the latest Adaptive Path workshop, Designing for Interaction, for Web Directions on September 26. This exciting new workshop is based on Dan’s recently released book of the same title.

Explore the new design discipline that is behind such products as the iPod and innovative Web sites like Flickr. While other books on this subject are either aimed at more seasoned practitioners or else are too focused on a particular medium like software, this guide will take a more holistic approach to the discipline, looking at interaction design for the Web, software, and devices. It is the only interaction design book that is coming from a designers point of view rather than that of an engineer.

The book will be available for purchase at discount during the workshop and at Web Directions. Dan says:

I’ve been pleased with the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Designing for Interaction. Managers are buying copies for every member of their teams. Universities are adding it to their curriculums. And the reviews have been great! Gino Zanhd of Push Button For just called the book “bold and pioneering work,” so I’m very pleased. I can’t wait to attend Web Directions and hope the workshop I’m teaching there brings the best parts of the book to life, inspiring and educating.

For more on Dan and Designing for Interaction, check out

• interview in BusinessWeek
• podcast interview
• interview at the Adaptive Path site

Places are still available for the all day, fully catered workshop. Sadly in Australia it’s not every day that you get to learn directly from someone with Dan’s level of experience. Don’t miss out on this one-off opportunity.