Body Talk
Using Gestures to Rethink Human-Centered Products
Human thinking and communication include more than words alone. By honing attention to non-verbal actions such as gestures, body posture, and gaze in a rich social-material environment, we show you how to attend to the subtleties of unspoken language and rediscover the human in Human-Centered Design. In Body Talk, we carry the reader through the end-to-end product arc with a focus on how attending to yours and others’ gestures deepen meaning. Explore the role of the body in enriching foundational research, supporting collaborative ideation, advancing and validating designs, and facilitating technical conversations to ground nascent technology in complex human experiences.
Human thinking and communication include more than words alone. By honing attention to non-verbal actions such as gestures, body posture, and gaze in a rich social-material environment, we show you how to attend to the subtleties of unspoken language and rediscover the human in Human-Centered Design. In Body Talk, we carry the reader through the end-to-end product arc with a focus on how attending to yours and others’ gestures deepen meaning. Explore the role of the body in enriching foundational research, supporting collaborative ideation, advancing and validating designs, and facilitating technical conversations to ground nascent technology in complex human experiences.
Table of Contents
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: The Need To Go Deeper
Chapter 2: Gestures & What Do They Do
Chapter 3: How To Look at Gestures
Chapter 5: Observe People Holistically
Chapter 6: Analyze Your Data
Chapter 9: Ideate Together More Effectively
Chapter 10: Build Prototypes Together
Part IV: Putting Gestures to Use With Technologye
Chapter 11: When Gestures Meet Technology
