Description: Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.
If only today's technology were simpler! It's the universal lament, but it's wrong. In this provocative and informative 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 us a crash course in the virtues of complexity. Designers have to produce things that tame complexity. But we too have to do our part: we have to take the time to learn the structure and practice the skills. This is how we mastered reading and writing, driving a car, and playing sports, and this is how we can master our complex tools.
Complexity is good. Simplicity is misleading. The good life is complex, rich, and rewarding—but only if it is understandable, sensible, and meaningful.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Living with Complexity
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Donald A. Norman
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Social Aspects, General, Essays
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Design, Technology & Engineering, Philosophy
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
