Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook

by Bill Buxton, Sheelagh Carpendale, Nicolai Marquardt, et al.

Book Overview

Sketching Working Experience: The Workbook provides information about the step-by-step process of the different sketching techniques. It offers methods called design thinking, as a way to think as a user, and sketching, a way to think as a designer. User-experience designers are designers who sketch based on their actions, interactions, and experiences. The book discusses the differences between the normal ways to sketch and sketching used by user-experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123819598
• ISBN13: 9780123819598
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Top ten intro Design books I've ever purchased

This is a great book for breaking down a design sketchbook, the importance of said sketchbook, and how the use of said sketchbook translates into other design activities. Full of references to other books that add to the experience of the information provided. Information and details are broken down in a no-nonsense easy to read the language, that allowed me to read the entire book in one 2 hour sitting. That being said, the exercises, activities, and questions raised by the book allow for growth and development every time it's picked up. It's more than a workbook - it's best practices guide that assists new to intermediate designers in learning the essential tools of the trade. Cannot wait for the accompanying book, "Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design" by Bill Buxton to arrive. If it's half as good as this workbook, I would say both should be required reading in design courses.