Origins of Human-Centered Design A few years ago, I published a paper on user-centered vs. human-centered design. I compared HCI analysis methods to a...

Origins of Human-Centered Design A few years ago, I published a paper on user-centered vs. human-centered design. I compared HCI analysis methods to a...
We tend to design systems and websites with a one-size-fits-all interface, where the priority and placement of various information is determined by designers. Most people do not think like web-designers. They have different priorities and interests, based on what they do. We should let users configure their own interface around the items they want to see.
In the last few years, the terms human-centered and user-centered have become synonymous in HCI, with a focus on disciplines such as “user experience” and “interaction design.” Here I will argue that neither discipline really deals with the core issues of human-centered design.