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Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.
Donald A. Norman • The Design of Everyday Things
From S. Lovell, “Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible”, 2010 Apr
Forward by Jony Ive
When I was a young boy growing up in London, my parents bought a wonderful juicer. It was Braun MPZ 2 Citromatic. I knew nothing about Dieter Rams or his ten principles of good design. But to a little boy uninterested in juicing, I remember the Citromatic he and
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is often preferable to settle for a satisfactory solution, rather than pursue an optimal solution.1
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
one small change.
John Zeratsky • Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day
A usable design starts with careful observations of how the tasks being supported are actually performed, followed by a design process that results in a good fit to the actual ways the tasks get performed. The technical name for this method is task analysis. The name for the entire process is human-centered design (HCD), discussed in Chapter 6.
Donald A. Norman • The Design of Everyday Things
