Emotional design : why we love (or hate) everyday things / Donald A. Norman.

By:

Norman, Donald A [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2004.Description: xii, 257 pages : illustrations, photos (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN:

9780465051366

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BF531 .N67 2004

Contents:

The meaning of things. Attractive things work better ― The multiple faces of emotion and design ― Design in practice. Three levels of design : visceral, behavioral and reflective ― Fun and games ― People, places and things ― Emotional machines ― The future of robots ― Epilogue: we are all designers.

Summary: Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple introduced the colorful iMac? New research on emotion and cognition has shown that attractive things really do work better, a fact fans of Don Norman's classic The Design of Everyday Things cannot afford to ignore. In recent years, the design community has focused on making products easier to use. But as Norman amply demonstrates in this fascinating and important new book, design experts have vastly underestimated the role of emotion on our experience of everyday objects. Emotional Design analyzes the profound influence of this deceptively simple idea, from our willingness to spend thousands of dollars on Gucci bags and Rolex watches to the impact of emotion on the everyday objects of tomorrow. In the future, will inanimate objects respond to human emotions? Is it possible to create emotional robots? Norman addresses these provocative questions--drawing on a wealth of examples and the latest scientific insights--in this bold exploration of the objects in our everyday world.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Recommended bibliography book	TBS Barcelona	BF531 NOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B01897

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.

Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple introduced the colorful iMac? New research on emotion and cognition has shown that attractive things really do work better, a fact fans of Don Norman's classic The Design of Everyday Things cannot afford to ignore. In recent years, the design community has focused on making products easier to use. But as Norman amply demonstrates in this fascinating and important new book, design experts have vastly underestimated the role of emotion on our experience of everyday objects. Emotional Design analyzes the profound influence of this deceptively simple idea, from our willingness to spend thousands of dollars on Gucci bags and Rolex watches to the impact of emotion on the everyday objects of tomorrow. In the future, will inanimate objects respond to human emotions? Is it possible to create emotional robots? Norman addresses these provocative questions--drawing on a wealth of examples and the latest scientific insights--in this bold exploration of the objects in our everyday world.

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