Comments on: The Past and Future of Experience Design http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/ Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:08:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: gilbertmidonnet http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8185 gilbertmidonnet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8185 I’m glad to say that I don’t run across many people anymore who don’t include physical world experiences when discussing digital experiences: conversations run the gamut from affordances to signage to layout.

User experience cannot be separated from IA. They are not two separate, distinct fields.

On a related note – Boxes and Arrows needs to do a better job removing spam. The spam takes away from the overall experience. :-)

]]> By: cwodtke http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8186 cwodtke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8186 Regarding spam; we are working to move to a new CMS that will help us fight it. Unfortunately it’s a battle no human can really fight alone, and we are between tech help.

]]> By: mizanci1 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8187 mizanci1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8187 I’m glad to say that I don’t run across many people anymore who don’t include physical world experiences when discussing digital experiences: conversations run the gamut from affordances to signage to layout.

]]> By: paris http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8188 paris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8188 Honestly this is one of the best articles I’ve read about user experience. I’ve never been comfortable with user experience design being associated with web/app interfaces only. Even the location and atmosphere of a restaurant is considered user experience. Sometimes the experience part is not even logical because a lot of people choose things like atmosphere and fun over the quality of the product. Cirque du Soleil has a special place, its idea was driven by the market demand or lack of it actually. Once they saw people didn’t pay for circuses as much they changed their business model and integrated two fields: circus and theater creating a blue ocean for themselves. Yes it provides an awesome experience but it was a brilliant business strategy first and foremost.

“For the most part, the only people calling themselves experience designers back then were in the digital fields.”
I think this is still mostly true today. There is still a confusion about what user experience design really is and the gold rush of web/app market seem to be producing more glorified web designers rather than user experience designers.

I do think that people who want to get into user experience should learn about design overall, not just concentrate on graphics part then they should combine it with business and marketing knowledge. I don’t come from interaction design myself but I come from an architecture background and I think we can learn so much from other fields. Concentrating mainly on layout and button behavior doesn’t sound too exciting to me.

]]> By: gboodhoo http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8189 gboodhoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8189 Nathan, your reference to interface design as button placement strikes me as odd, especially coming from someone who seems willing to find inspiration and meaning from a broad range of sources. In my own career, I’ve found it impractical to seperate experience design from interface design so explicitly. p.s. loving the book!

]]> By: ameldra http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8190 ameldra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/the-past-and-future-of-experience-design/#comment-8190 I can do work experience! I live in the UK and would really like a place in Sunderland (North East). If you live in Sunderland names of places would be extremely helpful!

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