An edition of The Psychology of Everyday Things (1988)

The Design of Everyday Things

Revised and Expanded Edition

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An edition of The Psychology of Everyday Things (1988)

The Design of Everyday Things

Revised and Expanded Edition

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  • 34 Currently reading
  • 85 Have read

The Design of Everyday Things is a best-selling book by cognitive scientist and usability engineer Donald Norman about how design serves as the communication between object and user, and how to optimize that conduit of communication in order to make the experience of using the object pleasurable. One of the main premises of the book is that although people are often keen to blame themselves when objects appear to malfunction, it is not the fault of the user but rather the lack of intuitive guidance that should be present in the design.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
368

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Cover of: The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
Nov 05, 2013, Basic Books
paperback in English
Cover of: The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things
2013, Basic Books
Paperback in English - Revised and Expanded Edition
Cover of: The design of everyday things
The design of everyday things
2002, Basic Books
in English - 1st Basic paperback.
Cover of: The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things
1990, Doubleday Currency
in English - 1st Doubleday/Currency ed.
Cover of: The design of everyday things
The design of everyday things
1990, Doubleday Currency
in English - 1st Doubleday/Currency ed.
Cover of: The Psychology of Everyday Things
The Psychology of Everyday Things
1989, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: The psychology of everyday things
The psychology of everyday things
1988, Basic Books
Hardback in English

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Source title: The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

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paperback
Number of pages
368

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OL42989174M
ISBN 10
0465055710
ISBN 13
9780465055715
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B00E257T6C

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OL1879162W

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