Jish.Lubaway.com
| THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS
Lunch Time
Wednesday 2008.02.27Leave a Comment
I was recommended this book by a co-worker. It seems like an interesting read, and at the low price of only four dollars on Amazon.com, I couldn't pass it up.
The book basically talks about... well, like the title states, "The Design of Everyday Things." Take a door for example. When you come across a door, you need to successfully accomplish one task and one task only, you need to open the door. Once it's opened, you pass through and go on with your day. However, designers everywhere seem to over complicate this very simple object.
Think about this: How many times have you come across a door that required an instruction manual? "Never," you may say to yourself. Think again. You do almost every day. Most doors have their instruction manual printed in large lettering and in plain view, for everyone to see.
The door may have a sign attached to itself that says "PUSH" or "PULL". This is the doors one word instruction manual. Don't you think society could design such a simple object in a manner that it did not require an instruction manual? So do I, and that's why I can't wait to get my hands on The Design of Everyday Things.
