The Design of Everyday Things: Includes Multimode CD: Library Edition

from sefronius

Useful for any architect or designer and interesting for anyone who has ever groped in the dark at home for a light switch and turned the wrong light on. That so long has passed since the book was written and still the same mistakes are repeated on new products just emphasises the value and valid...

from nmarun

I had this book on my list for quite some time, but somehow it was getting postponed. Now that I've read it, I'm glad I did. The concepts mentioned by Donald were no doubt very interesting, but the examples given were kinda too 'obvious'. I wish the author chose more current products to make his ...

from raschneid

Finally read the usability classic! I didn't take a lot of concrete lessons from this, but I've been up to my ears in usability texts for a while now, and some of this doesn't translate well to web design. Still, a great read and lives up to the hype.

from untraveller

I enjoyed much of the book. Problems were: it reads like a textbook, more examples are needed, it is definitely pro business and pro engineering - two activities I am not fond of, and the author is just a little too positive about his pronouncements. I do think that there is more to operator erro...

from ilokhov

The Design of Everyday Things is an excellent work intended for anyone seeking an introduction to the fundamental principles of design. The author uses human psychology as a basis for trying to understand the everyday problems that we face and uses it to develop the notions of good and bad design...