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Contextual Design

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Title

Contextual Design

Abstract/Description

Contextual Design is a state-of-the-art approach to designing products directly from a designer’s understanding of how the customer works. Great product ideas come from the marriage of a designer’s detailed understanding of a customer’s need and his or her in-depth understanding of the possibilities introduced by technology. The best product designs result when the product’s designers are involved in collecting and interpreting customer data and appreciate what real people need. Contextual Design gives designers the tools to do just that.

Date

In publication

Volume

6

Issue

1

Pages

32–42

Resource type

Background/Context

Medium

Print

Background/context type

Conceptual

Open access/free-text available

Yes

ISSN

1072-5520

Citation

Beyer, H., & Holtzblatt, K. (1999). Contextual Design. Interactions, 6(1), 32–42. https://doi.org/10.1145/291224.291229

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