The Design of Everyday Things

Posted on 20 February 2018 by Donald A. Norman

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.B W photographs and illustrations throughout. New Read [ The Design of Everyday Things ] Author [ Donald A. Norman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr After reading this you will never look at any man made object the same You will question everything from doors to tea kettles to the most sophisticated computer program The next time you fumble with an answering machine, web page, or light switch you will think back to the lessons from this book It is almost liberating once you can see beyond the design of everyday things.I highly recommend this book for anyone You absolutely must read it if you wil...For a book that a lot of people rave about as being a bible of usability , I have to say it was one of the worst written and designed books I have ever been unfortunate enough to read.This took me FOREVER to read but it isn t the book s fault It was me just picking it up at odd moments it giving me a lot to think about each time I don t design every day things, so had absolutely no need to read this book, but found it extremely interesting If you have any part in designing anything, you MUST read this book Norman points out the obvious things I took for granted made me think about them in an entirely new light He breaks down the simplest devices into t This took me FOREVER to read but it isn t the book s fault It was me just picking it up at odd moments it giving me a lot to think about each time I don t design every day things, so had absolutely no need to read this book, but found it extremely interesting If you have any part in designing anything, you MUST read this book Norman points out the obvious things I took fo...Jeff Garzik gave me a copy of this back when he was building the Linux network stack in Home Park I d seen it praised by a few other people by that time as well via the GT newsgroups, most likely I was underwhelmed there were a few good case analyses the oven UI I recall being particularly effective , but very little usable, general principles came out of the read I went back in 2006, thinking I d perhaps missed something, but didn t find muchthen again, i m probably not the targ Jeff Garzik gave me a copy of this back when he was building the Linux network stack in Home Park I d seen it praised by a few other people by that time as well via the GT newsgroups, most likely I was underwhelmed there were a few good case analyses the oven UI I recall being particularly effective , but very little usable, general principles came out of the read I w...Couldn t get in to it Maybe I ll try again at a different time On a side note, I found it odd that a book about user centered design had line broken right justified headings and baffling use of italics.Have you ever stood in front of a door, or a microwave, absolutely flummoxed, because the damned thing gave you no clue whatsoever how to open it If so even, I venture to think, if not , you will enjoy this book In clear, coruscating prose he exposes the miserable flaws in the design of everyday objects which conspire to make our lives less convenient,miserable, and sometimesdangerous.The book is not just an expos of the appalling laziness and hostility to consumers that is commo Have you ever stood in front of a door, or a microwave, absolutely flummoxed, because the damned thing gave you no clue whatsoever how...This book isfor knowledge than for enjoyment The writing is rather dry and textbook like with many abstract theoretical concepts and ideas I feel like taking a short course in design, which is still quite helpful Nevertheless, I was expectingof smart designs,fun and strange and inspiring stories, but Norman isn t there to entertain but to educate and so there...Excellent piece of non fiction This book is a prescribed textbook for a course on computer interface design that I m doing Once I really started reading it, I almost couldn t put it down it was so interesting that it almost read like fiction none of ...Too general to be valuable Too many sentences like this Each discipline has a different perspective of the relative importance of the many factors that make up a product.I think there is really only one gif to sum this book up properly This book, although the examples are dated as listed in nearly every review , is quite fabulous The original title was actually The Psychology of Everyday Things which was less friendly to the average person, but quite accurate Like I said in a previous update, I feel like this book should be required reading for any type of designer, but somehow I had missed it until now Great detail about design methodologies, constraints, I think there is really only one gif to sum this book up properly This book, although the examples are dated as listed in nearly every review , is quite fabulous The original ...

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20 February 2018

Donald A. Norman