Emotional design

why we love (or hate) everyday things

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Emotional design

why we love (or hate) everyday things

  • 4.0 (4 ratings) ·
  • 41 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

"Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Or why washing and polishing your car seems to make it drive better? New research has shown that attractive things really do work better." "In the last decade, the design community has made products easier to use, largely due to Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things. But as he demonstrates in this book, we don't just use a product, we become emotionally involved with it. Emotional Design demonstrates for the first time the profound influence of this deceptively simple idea." "Don Norman draws on a wealth of examples and the very latest scientific insights in this exploration of the emotional impacts of objects in our everyday world. His The Design of Everyday Things showed why the products we use should not be confusing, irritating, and frustrating. Emotional Design explains why they must also be attractive, pleasurable, and fun."--Jacket.

Publish Date
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
257

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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
May 10, 2005, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: El diseno emocional/ Emotional Design
Cover of: Emotional design
Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things
2004, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Emotional Design
Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things
2004, Basic Books
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Cover of: Emotional Design
Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things
December 23, 2003, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Emotional Design
Emotional Design
2003, Basic Books

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

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

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
155.9/11
Library of Congress
BF531 .N67 2004, BF531.N67 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 257 p. :
Number of pages
257

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24929092M
ISBN 10
0465051359
ISBN 13
9780465051359
LCCN
2003010123
OCLC/WorldCat
52251307

First Sentence

"NOAM TRACTINSKY, AN ISRAELI SCIENTIST, WAS puzzled."

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