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The zen slant in these papers is no more than a reflection of my own practice. Usercentered design 187 notes 219 suggested readings 237 references 241 index 249. Psychology of everyday things the design of everyday things don norman. Everything in our lives is about how we look at things and nobody makes us see things another way. In the design of future things, bestselling author donald a. The fault, argues this ingeniouseven liberatingbook, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that. All those years spent studying funda mental principles of the human mind, of memory and attention, learning, motor controlonly to be remembered for bad doors.
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