The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. Go read parts of the book that interests you and skip/skim uninteresting sections.Ĭurious about everyone’s thoughts when you read it new to the field or already in it for a while.The ultimate guide to human-centered designĮven the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. TL DR: The better organized, more memorable, bite-sized UX writing like Norman's own NNgroup is much more educational nowadays. Norman's writing feels like a textbook compared to others like the Lean Product Playbook where the writing flows a lot better and I don't struggle with my interest to continue reading when I am thoroughly spoiled with shortened attention spans from the Internet. I find Norman's writing lengthy and tedious too many pages were wasted explaining boring personal anecdotes when the section title is already sufficient. I read the book to find out what I missed out on, and while there are some really good bits like the part on sink knob designs, I would not recommend reading the whole book if you are familiar with UX concepts or already practicing UX.Ī key detracting factor for the book is the emergence of better-written sources.
Much of the book's concepts such as discovering user's needs, affordance, and design thinking are already known to me, these concepts coined by Norman have become so popular that they have permeated much of the design essay space. I have also read through much of NNgroup’s site and taken a few interaction design courses. I’ve been working as a product designer for 4 years. Some background on myself, I have a few years of architecture school under my belt and graduated with a computer science degree. I didn't find the book extremely useful for me personally. This time around I finally got to finish the book cover to cover. I tried reading it as an undergrad but got bored in the beginning pages and dropped off. It is written by the "father" of UX, given out when designers onboard companies, and used in many UX education courses.
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman is one of the most recommended UX books.
0 kommentar(er)
