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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

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Pages 40 pages
Language English
Publisher Free Edition

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The Design of Everyday Things is a design, psychology, and business reference, written by Donald Norman and published for the first time in 1998.
The book was originally published under the title “The Psychology of Everyday Life“.

Donald Norman is an American author, professor, and researcher.
He is the director of The Design Lab at the University of California.

The Design of Everyday Things is a manual on design and how it serves as a communication mean between the user and the object.
This book introduces us to how to optimize the design of an object to make the experience enjoyable and pleasurable.

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The Design of Everyday Things is your new guide to learn how to design anything!
The author, Donald Norman, provides us with case studies that show the psychology behind the bad design, and the so-called good design, thus concluding with design principles and characteristics.

In addition to that, this manual talks about several other subjects including:

  • The Knowledge of Knowing what to Do.
  • To Err is Human (which is a major point that is introduced in about 40 pages).
  • The Psychology of Everyday Actions.

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