The Design of Future ThingsThe Design of Future Things
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Current format, Book, 2007, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsDonald A. Norman, a popular design consultant to car manufacturers, computer companies, and other industrial and design outfits, has seen the future and is worried. In this long-awaited follow-up to The Design of Everyday Things, he points out what’s going wrong with the wave of products just coming on the market and some that are on drawing boards everywhere-from ?smart” cars and homes that seek to anticipate a user’s every need, to the latest automatic navigational systems. Norman builds on this critique to offer 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. This is a consumer-oriented look at the perils and promise of the smart objects of the future, and a cautionary tale for designers of these objects-many of which are already in use or development.
In a close-up look at the brave new world of "smart" technology, a leading design consultant describes what is wrong with the wave of new products on the market, offering a consumer-oriented theory of natural human-machine interaction that takes into consideration the perils and promise of the smart objects of the future.
From best-selling author Donald A. Norman, the long-awaited sequel to The Design of Everyday Things: a critical look at the new dawn of ?smart” technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators
In a close-up look at the brave new world of "smart" technology, a leading design consultant describes what is wrong with the wave of new products on the market, offering a consumer-oriented theory of natural human-machine interaction that takes into consideration the perils and promise of the smart objects of the future.
From best-selling author Donald A. Norman, the long-awaited sequel to The Design of Everyday Things: a critical look at the new dawn of ?smart” technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators
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- New York : Basic Books ; [London : Perseus Running, distributor], c2007.
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