Hello, My Name is Dan Saffer and this is O Danny Boy, my place on the internets since 1997.

I'm the author of the books Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices and Designing Gestural Interfaces.

I'm one of the founders and principals at Kicker Studio, a product design consultancy based in San Francisco.

On this site you can

• find out more about me
• check out my portfolio and resumé
• read my blog (the last entry was Five Things I'm Thinking About)
• or find out how to contact me.

There's also a section of extras that didn't fit anywhere else.

My latest writing project is a series of long articles about product design called Designing Devices.

I also curate a collection of physical interfaces and parts on a site called No Ideas But In Things, and also oversee a wiki for collecting new interaction paradigms called Interactive Gestures.

And, yes, I did invent the term "topless meeting" (Oxford Dictionary Finalist for Word of the Year 2008 and Time Magazine's #10 Buzzword of 2008).

Designing for Interaction is informed, intelligent, and inspiring. Dan Saffer delivers practical advice on today's interaction design challenges, and smart insights on tomorrow's.
—Jesse James Garrett, author of The Elements of User Experience

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Saffer shines a light on one of the most important human-technology interaction paradigms of the 21st century: using our bodies as input devices. This book is an essential reference work for anyone looking to advance human-technology interactions beyond dials, knobs, keyboards, and mice.
—Nathan Moody, Design Director, Stimulant

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