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Living with Complexity

Living with Complexity - Paperback

by Donald A. Norman
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Donald A. NormanSeries:Mit PressAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2016-02-12Pages:308
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262528948ISBN-10:262528940UPC:9780262528948Book Category:Technology & Engineering, DesignBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, EssaysSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCJACBPBRK
Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.

If only today's technology were simpler It's the universal lament, but it's wrong. In this provocative and informative book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives. It's not complexity that's the problem, it's bad design. Bad design complicates things unnecessarily and confuses us. Good design can tame complexity.

Norman gives us a crash course in the virtues of complexity. Designers have to produce things that tame complexity. But we too have to do our part: we have to take the time to learn the structure and practice the skills. This is how we mastered reading and writing, driving a car, and playing sports, and this is how we can master our complex tools.

Complexity is good. Simplicity is misleading. The good life is complex, rich, and rewarding--but only if it is understandable, sensible, and meaningful.

Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262528948ISBN-10:262528940UPC:9780262528948Book Category:Technology & Engineering, DesignBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, EssaysSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCJACBPBRK
Business Week has named Don Norman one of the world's most influential designers. He has been both a professor and an executive: he was Vice President of Advanced Technology at Apple; his company, the Nielsen Norman Group, helps companies produce human-centered products and services; and he has been on the faculty at Harvard, the University of California, San Diego, Northwestern University, and KAIST, in South Korea. He is the author of many books, including The Design of Everyday Things, The Invisible Computer (MIT Press), Emotional Design, and The Design of Future Things.
Publisher: MIT Press

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