This book focuses on two design workshops to explore, in an unusual and visionary style, the concept of enhancing social interaction. The workshops were organized by the industrial design
departments of the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, and the University of Florence, Italy, and brought together students from different cultures. In one workshop, students
were asked to design intelligent wearable products to encourage interaction in urban environments. In the other, students were urged to use urban light to enhance interaction in urban,
multicultural environments. The theme, essentially, was that working together builds communication. Editors contributing to the book are Trotto and Cianfanelli (industrial design, U. of
Florence) and Hummels, Overbeeke, and Frens (Designing Quality in Interaction Group, TU/E). Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland,
OR (booknews.com)
