Publisher: Rheinwerk Computing; First Edition (January 25, 2024)
Language: English
Paperback: 737 pages
ISBN-10: 1493224964
ISBN-13: 978-1493224968
Item Weight: 2.25 pounds
Dimensions: 0.91 x 7 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #750,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #290 in Human-Computer Interaction (Books) #2,279 in Computer Science (Books)
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From the Publisher
Your handbook for excellent UX design!
Take your UX to the next level with expert guidance and data-driven design!
Outstanding usability and user experience (UX) are never a matter of chance. If your professional goal is to create digital products that are intuitive, enjoyable, and easy to use, then you’re in the right place.
With this professional guidebook, you’ll learn how to adopt data-driven UX design. Experienced usability specialists introduce you to design fundamentals from psychology and provide you with a proven repertoire of methods, including practical guidance for developing the right mindset, refining your approach, and designing effective solutions.
With these concrete instructions, you’ll be able to evaluate and optimize your products and support your users through professional usability and UX projects.
Whether you’re developing an experience for business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) applications, and no matter the industry or requirements at hand, this book will equip you with the right methods for effective design!
B2B and B2C applications
User researcher skills
Psychological foundations
Design principles
Context of use analysis
Requirements formulation
Prototypes and wireframes
Design testing and evaluation
Inside the book:
Whether you’re dealing with usability and userexperience design for the first time or you’re already involved in product development, this book is written for you. If you’re interested in the area of usability and user experience and would like to add to your repertoire of methods, you’ll find what you’re looking for within these pages.
This book includes:
700+ pages of usability and UX design guidance from leading experts
A comprehensive guide for developers and designers
Full-color diagrams and detailed illustrations
Continuous design product case studies
Detailed decision matrices to jump-start your design project
A comprehensive index
Meet the authors:
Michaela Kauer-Franz has a doctorate in psychology with a focus on product design and user experience. Together with Benjamin Franz, she founded the data-driven UX agency Custom Interactions, which they manage together. She also contributes her extensive experience as a trainer, a lecturer at Technische Universität Darmstadt, a speaker, and on an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee.
Benjamin Franz received his doctorate in engineering; his UX-related dissertation on highly automated driving was awarded the Walter Rohmert Research Prize. In his jointly founded and managed company, Custom Interactions, he focuses on user interface design. He also works as a lecturer and a keynote speaker.