Screen LibraryLiving with complexity
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MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 298 p.: ill., music ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780262014861 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262014866 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | T |
| CLC: | T-0 |
| Call Number: | T-0/N842 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index. Living with complexity : why complexity is necessary -- Simplicity is in the mind -- How simple things can complicate our lives -- Social signifiers -- Design in support of people -- Systems and services -- The design of waits -- Managing complexity : a partnership -- The challenge. Simplicity turns out to be more complex than we thought. In this book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives. It's not complexity that's the problem, it's bad design. Bad design complicates things unnecessarily and confuses us. Good design can tame complexity. Norman gives a crash course in the virtues of complexity.--[book jacket] |