If only today’s technology were simpler! It’s the universal lament, but it’s wrong. We don't want simplicity. Simple tools are not up to the task. The world is complex; our tools need to match that complexity.
Simplicity turns out to be more complex than we thought. 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. But even such simple things as salt and pepper shakers, doors, and light switches become complicated when we have to deal with many of them, each somewhat different. Managing complexity, says Norman, is a partnership. 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.
Business Week has named Don Norman as 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; 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, 1998), Emotional Design, and The Design of Future Things.
内容应该是不错。 我之所以说应该,是因为里面的文字实在是难以理解 文字难以理解不是因为晦涩难懂 而是,这翻译的也太烂了吧!看起来就是用谷歌翻译然后调整了一下,感觉就是我高中做翻译时的感觉啊! 里面用的词让人摸不到头脑,每句话读着都那么别扭 不明白为什么这么一本畅...
评分 评分我们的生活变得越来越复杂,我们生活在一个复杂的时代。充斥着各种工具,机器。很多时候我们对于这些工具都束手无策。科技在不断的进步,可是我们却感觉不到因为科技带来的满足感、幸福感。 为什么有这样的结果?因为这些产品虽然功能增加了、复杂了,但是它们没...
评分“We need two sets of principles for managing complexity: one for design, one for coping. In the end, the rules all evolve around communication and feedback.”
评分从Don Norman的书里面学到的核心思想是:好的design源于观察生活。当然还是它早期的书感觉更powerful。。。
评分从Don Norman的书里面学到的核心思想是:好的design源于观察生活。当然还是它早期的书感觉更powerful。。。
评分诺曼大爷写书越写越啰嗦,很多东西翻来覆去的讲也未点透具体方法。本书比较新颖的观点是接受世界复杂的本质,不是越简单越好,simplicity不代表usability。人们本来就接受了世界是complex的,是有很多feature的,设计师通过合理的运用structure,affordances,signifiers把产品或服务组织的让用户可以理解,而不是直接展示复杂让用户感到complicated,confused。算是对现如今极简设计风潮的另一种辩证思考。我觉得诺曼大爷是透过简约设计表象对简约与复杂有了更进一步理解,不过真是絮絮叨叨。正如本书所说,他做到了start strong, 但是middle和end真是weak。以后还是少看点设计书籍,多了解人、社会与生活这些设计源头的东西。
评分Not exactly mind-blowing.
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