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Thus, although thoughts on interaction design is not an industrial design book in the mold of henry dreyfuss or even donald norman, his thoughts are just as important, because all industrial design is interaction design as well. Welldesigned by jon kolko, 9781625274793, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Well designed is the essential guide to design that all product managers will learn from and love. Called well designed, its subtitle tells us his objective is to explain how to use empathy to create products people love. In successive chapters of the book, we see how leading companies use a design process of storytelling and iteration that evokes positive emotions, changes behavior, and creates deep engagement.
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