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Design of Everyday Things

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ISBN-10: 0385267746

ISBN-13: 9780385267748

Edition: N/A

Authors: Donald A. Norman

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A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Business Weekhas named Don Norman as one of the world’s most influential designers. He has been both a professor and an executive: he was Vice President of Advanced Technology at Apple; his company, the Nielsen Norman Group, helps companies produce human-centered products and services; he has been on the faculty at Harvard, the University of California, San Diego, Northwestern University, and KAIST, in South Korea. He is the author of many books, including The Design of Everyday Things, The Invisible Computer(MIT Press, 1998), Emotional Design, and The Design of Future Things.

Preface to the Paperback Editionp. v
Prefacep. ix
The Psychopathology of Everyday Thingsp. 1
The Psychology of Everyday Actionsp. 34
Knowledge in the Head and in the Worldp. 54
Knowing What to Dop. 81
To Err Is Humanp. 105
The Design Challengep. 141
User-Centered Designp. 187
Notesp. 219
Suggested Readingsp. 237
Referencesp. 241
Indexp. 249
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