An edition of The Psychology of Everyday Things (1988)

The Design of Everyday Things

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An edition of The Psychology of Everyday Things (1988)

The Design of Everyday Things

1st Doubleday/Currency ed.

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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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Doubleday Currency
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English
Pages
257

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Cover of: The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things
2013, Basic Books
Paperback in English - Revised and Expanded Edition
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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
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The psychology of everyday things
1988, Basic Books
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Page vii
Preface
Page xi
One. The Psychopathology of Everyday Things
Page 1
Two. The Psychology of Everyday Actions
Page 34
Three. Knowledge in the Head and in the World
Page 54
Four. Knowing What to Do
Page 81
Five. To Err Is Human
Page 105
Six. The Design Challenge
Page 141
Seven. User-Centered Design
Page 187
Notes
Page 219
Suggested Readings
Page 237
References
Page 241
Index
Page 249

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247).
Reprint. Originally published: The psychology of everyday things. New York : Basic Books, c1988.
Includes index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
620.8/2
Library of Congress
TS171.4 .N67 1990

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Pagination
xv, 257 p. :
Number of pages
257

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OL2220257M
ISBN 10
0385267746
LCCN
89048989
LibraryThing
768
Goodreads
16867

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OL1879162W

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