Make It So
Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction
by Nathan Shedroff
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Design, Design, and Art.
Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from the rigorous constraints of designing for real users, scifi production designers develop bluesky interfaces that are inspiring, humorous, and even instructive. By carefully studying these "outsider" user interfaces, designers can derive lessons that...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Design, Design, and Art.
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Erika Hall
“Just reread Make It So for a bit, a really fun and extensively researched book on interface design in scifi.”
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