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Emotional design why we love (or hate) everyday things

by Norman Donald A.

Synopsis

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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Book Information

Copyright year 2004
ISBN-13 9780465051359
ISBN-10 0465051359
Class Copyright
Publisher Basic Books
Subject DESIGN;PSYCHOLOGY;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 258
Shelf No. HF169