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May 1, 2018 From the Editors

Book in Brief: Orchestrating Experiences

Editors’ note: This “Book in Brief” feature here on Boxes and Arrows is from Orchestrating Experiences: Collaborative Design for Complexity by Chris Risdon and Patrick Quattlebaum. We’ll publish an excerpt, up to 500 words, of your book. The catch is that we’ll only publicize one book a month; first come, first serve. Other rules will certainly occur to us over time. Hit us up at idea at boxesandarrows.com. Defining experience principles If you embrace the recommended collaborative approaches in your sense-making activities, you and your

November 13, 2012 From the Editors / Professionalism

Not Dead Yet

Posted by Christina Wodtke

When Boxes and Arrows was founded a little over ten years ago, there was nothing quite like it online. There were peer-reviewed journals, and basic how-to articles. A List Apart was much more concerned with the CSS behind the interface back then, and UX Matters, Johnny Holland and Smashing Magazine were not even a twinkle in their creators’ eyes. So a bunch of scrappy volunteers gathered together and pushed to get the stories we wanted to read online. We were struggling

March 31, 2009 Conferences and Events / From the Editors / Podcasts and Posters

When Life Intervenes

Posted by Chris Baum

Samantha Bailey, the 2009 IA Summit Chair, talks about her approach to this year’s IA Summit, how the Summit community has changed, and what it means to be a part of this community of practice.

January 5, 2008 Design Principles / From the Editors

Our Way: The Ingenuity of Unintended Uses

Posted by B&A Staff

People utilize our designs in their own way. These unintended uses can be strange, even brilliant. To welcome 2008, the B&A Staff tells a few stories about how we misuse for our own devices.

April 2, 2007 Case Studies / From the Editors / Interfaces / Process and Methods / Visual and Visible

Two Designers, Two Years, One Facelift…

Posted by Alex Chang

From contest winners to struggling to define what “magazine” means online, Alex Chang and Matt Titchener reinvented Boxes and Arrows’ look and feel. Here is their tale…