Comments on: The Design of Everyday Things http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/the-design-of-everyday-things/ Writng, arts, media, books, and software Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mantexhttp://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/the-design-of-everyday-things/#comment-198116 mantex Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:11:01 +0000 http://www.mantex.co.uk/?p=2614#comment-198116 I agree with what you say Steve - and should add that it's quite an amusing read too. Don't miss his follow-up book in which he becomes a little more tolerant towards style as distinct from function. It's here - http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/emotional-design/ I agree with what you say Steve – and should add that it’s quite an amusing read too. Don’t miss his follow-up book in which he becomes a little more tolerant towards style as distinct from function. It’s here – http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/emotional-design/

]]> By: Real Estate Transaction Managementhttp://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/the-design-of-everyday-things/#comment-198101 Real Estate Transaction Management Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:57:58 +0000 http://www.mantex.co.uk/?p=2614#comment-198101 I absolutely loved this book and have shared it with all the team members I have worked with. At Opreie, we designed the interface so as much information as possible is available to the agents from their homepage, it relates to their current work habits, and provides a logic mental map for their information management workflow. If you build things and haven't read this book, you should! Steve Kenway I absolutely loved this book and have shared it with all the team members I have worked with. At Opreie, we designed the interface so as much information as possible is available to the agents from their homepage, it relates to their current work habits, and provides a logic mental map for their information management workflow.

If you build things and haven’t read this book, you should!

Steve Kenway

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]]> By: What is User Experience | IXD Studiohttp://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/07/12/the-design-of-everyday-things/#comment-39309 What is User Experience | IXD Studio Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:54:18 +0000 http://www.mantex.co.uk/?p=2614#comment-39309 [...] experience’ was brought to wider knowledge in the mid-1990 by Don Norman. In his seminal book, ‘The Design of Everyday Things’, he describes the psychology behind what he considers ‘good’ and ‘bad’ [...] [...] experience’ was brought to wider knowledge in the mid-1990 by Don Norman. In his seminal book, ‘The Design of Everyday Things’, he describes the psychology behind what he considers ‘good’ and ‘bad’ [...]

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