Friday, January 21, 2011

Book Reading 1 - The Design of Everyday Things

Chapter 1 – The Psychopathology of Everyday Things
Summary

Norman introduced the main topics of discussion for his book.  He presented the challenges of creating an intuitive design for a device, as well as numerous examples of failures and successes in design.  He pointed out that visual cues to the user can be the most elegant and easiest to understand.

Discussion
This was quite interesting to have the flaws of everyday things pointed out that we are all familiar with.  Like everyone else, I have seen my share of confusing design layouts and wished they had been made differently.  This should definitely be an interesting and fun read.

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