Experience Design

Peter Benz is Associate Professor, Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, PRC. He is the author of On Marginal Spaces: Artefacts of the Mundane (2011).

• Foreword & Acknowledgements, Peter Benz, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongEditorial Introduction, Matthew Turner, Napier University, UKI. PositionsI.1 Fundamental Aspects of Human Experience: A Phenomeno(logical) Explanation, Ian Coxon, University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkI.2 Experience as Excursion: A Note towards a Metaphysics of Design Thinking, Connie Svabo, Roskilde University, Denmark and Michael Shanks, Stanford University, USA I.3 How Much Time and Effort Does it Take for Experience Design to Unfold? Catherine Elsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Pierre Leclercq, Unioversity of Liege, BelgiumI.4 Experiential Equality and Digital Discrimination, Linda Leung, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaII. Objects & Environments II.1 Narrativity of Object Interaction Experiences: A Framework for Designing Products as Narrative Experiences, Silvia Grimaldi, University of the Arts, UKII.2 Centers of Experience: Bodies and Objects in Today’s Museums , Xavier Acarin, Art Producer, USA and Barbara Adams, New School, USAII.3 Space, Experience, Identity & Meaning, Peter Benz, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongII.4 Four Themes to (Phenomenologically) Understand Contemporary Urban Spaces, Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Stephen Walker and Rosie Parnell, Sheffield University, UKIII. Interactions & Performances III.1 Co-Producing a Festival Experience: A Socio-Material Understanding of Experience Design, Sara Malou Strandvad, Roskilde University, DenmarkIII.2 CurioUs: The Logic of Performance, Amy Findeiss, Eulani Labay and Kelly Tierney, Independent Scholar, USAIII.3 Designing for a Better Patient Experience, Gretchen C. Rinnert, Kent State University, USAIII.4 Designing Mobile User Experiences: A Framework for a Design Methodology, Claus Østergaard, Aalborg University, DenmarkIII.5 Suspending Reality: A Disruptive Approach to Designing Transformative Experiences, Tara Mullaney, Umean University, SwedenIII.6 Understanding and Designing the Meal Experience and its Psychological Consequences, Werner Sommer, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany, Felix Bröcker, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany and Manuel Martín-Loeches, Universidad Complutense, Spain, Annekathrin Schacht, University of Göttingen, Germany and Birgit Stürmer, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Germany

Peter Benz’s book brings us closer to the essence of experience design. Benz approaches the subject with a deep insight, focusing on the core value of experience itself, not only as part of the commercial system. Bringing multiple perspectives and approaches to bear, the volume analyses how to create new user experiences through the presentation of diverse case studies. For those wishing to learn about experience design, this is a forward-thinking, inspirational, and must-read reference.