Prague College Library: The Design of Future Things
Title: | The Design of Future Things |
Categories: | Art & Design |
BookID: | AD-0100 |
Authors: | Don Norman |
ISBN-10(13): | 9780465002283 |
Publisher: | Basic Books |
Publication date: | 2009-05-12 |
Edition: | First Trade Paper Edition |
Number of pages: | 240 |
Language: | English |
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Product Description In The Design of Future Things, best-selling author Donald A. Norman presents a revealing examination of smart technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators. Exploring the links between design and human psychology, he offers a consumer-oriented theory of natural human-machine interaction that can be put into practice by the engineers and industrial designers of tomorrow’s thinking machines. A fascinating look at the perils and promise of the intelligent objects of the future, The Design of Future Things is a must-read for anyone interested in the dawn of a new era in technology. |