[AISWorld] Creativity and Rationale: Enhancing Human Experience By Design

[John M. Carroll]

Colleagues

A new book: "Creativity and Rationale: Enhancing Human Experience By Design"

Creativity and rationale comprise an essential tension in design. They are two sides of the coin; contrary, complementary, but perhaps also interdependent. Designs always serve purposes. They always have an internal logic. They can be queried, explained, and evaluated. These characteristics are what design rationale is about. But at the same time designs always provoke experiences and insights. They open up possibilities, raise questions, and engage human sense making. Design is always about creativity.

Chapters by Mark Aakhus, Phillip J. Ayoub, Eli Blevis, Stacy M. Branham, Bo Brinkman, Simon J. Buckingham Shum, Janet E. Burge, Winslow Burleson, Linda Candy, John M. Carroll, Aldo de Moor, Umer Farooq, Gerhard Fischer, Gabriela Goldschmidt, Steve Harrison, Brian Magerko, Raymond McCall, D. Scott McCrickard, Anders I. Mørch, Rosalie J. Ocker, Irene J. Petrick, Matthew J. Prindible, Albert M. Selvin, Frank Shipman, Alistair Sutcliffe, John C. Thomas, Priyamvada Tripathi, Shahtab Wahid, and Jing Wang.

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Rationale-Experience-Human-Computer-Interaction/dp/1447141105/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344002704&sr=1-1&keywords=creativity+and+rationale

Springer:
http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/book/978-1-4471-4110-5?changeHeader

Cheers

Jack