The Design of Everyday Essays

I'm going to be talking about the design of everyday things in class today, I couldn't pick a good book and broke down and bought design. Turns out I don't regret it. Too bad he worked for apple, but despite that, it's a good informative insightful read i look forward to talking about. I learned a lot about the ignorance of engineers and design award winners. the book really should be called common sense for smart people. Donald A. Norman : Design of Everyday Things.

I picked the book because it was on kathys list and sounded interesting and not overly web related.

Key points include user centered design over elegance or switch bombing. Chances are it's not your fault its the designers. and really please in the future make toasters safer and really really really try not to make a nuclear console difficult to understand that there is an actual malfunction when it is about to tear an island apart.

Design for error, and stop thinking your so creative by making doors that look like walls.