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The Design of Everyday Things
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.82
EAN: 9780385267748
ISBN: 0385267746
Label: Doubleday Business
Manufacturer: Doubleday Business
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: February 01, 1990
Publisher: Doubleday Business
Release Date: February 01, 1990
Studio: Doubleday Business
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Editorial Review:
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans--from physical objects to computer programs to conceptual tools--must read this book, and it is an equally tremendous read for anyone who has to use anything created by another human. It could forever change how you experience and interact with your physical surroundings, open your eyes to the perversity of bad design and the desirability of good design, and raise your expectations about how things should be designed.
A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Vey fast delivery very prompt service
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Rating: - A Little Dated, but Still Insightful
Written by a Usability Guru, some of the examples are a little dated, but still valuable for today's usability issues. A good read and well written.
Rating:  - Designing stuff is harder than it looks
Norman has created an entertaining and enlightening treatise on the psychology of everyday objects. Why do some things work so well while others completely baffle? What distinguishes successful utility from frustration? How does one research and develop successful products? Most importantly, how does one avoid wasting time developing products that are doomed to fail? Many everyday objects are examined for their utility and user-friendliness. Norman uses three basic concepts, Affordances, Constraints, ... Read More
Rating: - Great book for everyone who is involved in user-oriented design
Even though some people think this is not useful in practice, I strongly believe this is a must read for anyone who designs an artifact for users. A very amusing and thoughtful book. Can even be used as a required reading in many courses such as UI design.
Rating: - Ironic: Great Book - Bad Binding
Without question, a wonderful piece of work!
(I've given a dozen copies to students as inspiration.)
However, the publisher's stinginess in neither providing adequate interior margins (between pages) nor adequately accommodating for the thickness of the book by type placement on the page is a perfect illustration of the design failures under discussion.
The type has to be read curved & distorted over the waves of too thick pages rushing toward the spine. Oddly, more than adequate ... Read More
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