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March 23, 2004
What is experience design?

The amazingly low-traffic (compared to some lists) AIGA Experience Design list has had an interesting discussion over the last two days about a one-sentence definition of experience design. I'm not going to quote (since the list archives aren't public), but it's easy to join and catch up on the discussion if you're so inclined.

From my perspective, usability and experience design share a user-centered design foundation. One is perceived as focusing more on utility while the other is perceived as focusing more on affect. Ultimately what's needed really depends on the product and context you're talking about. This focus on the specific is something I thought Whitney Quesenbery's 5 E's of usability addressed fairly nicely.

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