by Letizia Bollini
The book explores the transition from early models of human-computer interaction, based on two-dimensional graphical interfaces, to contemporary experiences rooted in ‘phygital’ spaces, where the physical and the digital converge. Interaction is no longer limited to the mediation of devices, but unfolds within environments where bodily experience, spatial contexts and sensory engagement play a central role, also in redesigning new relational paradigms.
This transformation challenges traditional design approaches, shifting the focus from mise-en-page to performative and choreographic paradigms. Through a historical, theoretical and critical perspective, supported by design case studies, the book examines this evolution and proposes the ‘3e model’, a new interpretative framework.
Letizia Bollini, PhD. ARTchitect, full professor of Interaction/Communication/Transmedia Design at the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, where she coordinates the post-disciplinary PhD programme in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies. Since 1995, she has been working on interaction, experience and multimodal interface design, both as a researcher and as a designer (extrasmall studio), with a strong focus on people and the relationship with digital technologies, mainly in the fields of Cultural & Intangible Heritage, Digital Archives and the history of Women in Digital Design. Her monograph Multimodal Directing. Essays 1998–2022 was awarded in the ADI Design Index 2024, Compasso d’Oro selection. In 2025, she published the book Per-forming Spaces. On Designing Phygital Narratives within the Cultural Heritage Ecosystem (Open Access) with Biblion Edizioni.
