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SMART WATCHES, SMART CARS, THE INTERNET OF THINGS, 3D PRINTING: ALL SIGNAL A TREND TOWARD COMBINING DIGITAL AND ANALOG MATERIALS IN DESIGN. INTERACTION WITH THESE NEW HYBRID FORMS IS INCREASINGLY MEDIATED THROUGH PHYSICAL MATERIALS, AND THEREFORE INTERACTION DESIGN IS INCREASINGLY A MATERIAL CONCERN. IN THIS BOOK, MIKAEL WIBERG DESCRIBES THE SHIFT IN INTERACTION DESIGN TOWARD MATERIAL INTERACTIONS. HE ARGUES THAT THE "MATERIAL TURN" IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION HAS MOVED BEYOND A REPRESENTATION-DRIVEN PARADIGM, AND HE PROPOSES "MATERIAL-CENTERED INTERACTION DESIGN" AS A NEW APPROACH TO INTERACTION DESIGN AND ITS MATERIALS. HE CALLS FOR INTERACTION DESIGN TO ABANDON ITS NARROW FOCUS ON WHAT THE COMPUTER CAN DO AND EMBRACE A BROADER VIEW OF INTERACTION DESIGN AS A PRACTICE OF IMAGINING AND DESIGNING INTERACTION THROUGH MATERIAL MANIFESTATIONS. A MATERIAL-CENTERED APPROACH TO INTERACTION DESIGN ENABLES A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN METHOD FOR WORKING ACROSS DIGITAL, PHYSICAL, AND EVEN IMMATERIAL MATERIALS IN INTERACTION DESIGN PROJECTS.