Robert E. Jacobson

An early and in some ways prescient collection of chapters from different authors, compiled with the explicit intention to provide foundations for "the ad hoc emergence of a new discipline" (from the editor's Preface). As such, it covers a diverse field of standpoints and approaches, loosely structured into theoretical foundations, case studies and a final part addressing the digital challenges. I am sure that many interaction designers and information designers can find something of interest in the book, even though I personally find it too diverse and the quality too variable for my taste.… (more)