What a Difference a Preposition Makes

A few months ago, my friend Dan released his first book Designing for Interaction. Today, I came across a site for the similarly titled Designing Interactions. It's a subtle difference, but an important one.

I'm with Dan in believing that we design for interaction, that is, we don't actually create the interactions themselves. We provide a framework for people's experience with their world, a way to help them create their own positive interactions. That nod toward the importance of co-creation is where the two book titles diverge.

Posted October 10, 2006

Jeff November 27, 2006
Here's another take on the difference between designing experiences and designing FOR experiences over at design-emotion.com
Andrew November 28, 2006
Hi Jeff, I just posted a long review of Moggridge, and I made the same point about the importance of Dan's "for", and it's hardly the only place where the books diverge. I'm pleased to see someone else thinking the same.
http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/archives/2006/11/review_designin.html

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