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The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things
Author: Donald A. Norman
"Norman . . . makes a strong case for the needlessness of badly conceived and badly designed everyday objects . . . . [T]his book may herald the beginning of a change in user habits and expectations, a change that manufacturers would be obliged to respond to. Button pushers of the world, unite." -- Los Angeles Times Even the smartest amon...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262640374
ISBN-10: 0262640376
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 257
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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This is one of my all-time favorite non-fiction books, written by a cognitive science professor at my alma mater. Some of the ideas he's come up with seem so obvious and helpful that you wonder why, in the years since he's written the book, the poor designs he specifically pointed out still exist in our society. For example, doors should not have to be labeled "push" or "pull". The kind of handle on the door should look like something you would either only push or only pull. Read the book and you will see what he's talking about.


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