The psychopathology of everyday things is how Don Norman starts to travel through a lot design concepts, usability fundamentals and interesting information ...GetstartedOpeninappRobertoPesce418FollowersAboutSigninGetstarted418FollowersAboutGetstartedOpeninappThepsychopathologyofeverydaythings(Norman)—DAY64ThefirstchapteroftheclassicDonNorman’sbook:TheDesignofEverydayThings.RobertoPesceNov23,2016·6minreadThepsychopathologyofeverydaythingsishowDonNormanstartstotravelthroughalotdesignconcepts,usabilityfundamentalsandinterestinginformationthatheobservedduringhiseverydayactivities.I’mnotinterestedinrewritinghisbook,and,ofcourse,Istronglyrecommendanydesignertoreadthis,thatisconsideredoneofthebiblesofusabilityanddesign.WhatIwilldoiscovertheaspectsthat,forme,areveryimportant,addingalittlebitofmypointofview.So,thefirsttwofundamentalsthathebringstousarethemaincharacteristicsofagooddesign:Discoverability:theproductmustbeselfexplanatory,theusershouldbeabletodiscoverwhatactionsarepossibleandhowtoperformthem;Understanding:usersmustbeabletounderstandhowtheproductissupposedtobeusedandwhatallthefeaturesmean.Accordingtotheauthor,themostrelevantcomponentsofaproductmustbevisibleandcommunicatethecorrectmessage.Foreverydayproducts,ofcourse,thisissomethingreallyintrinsic,butforcomplexproductssometimesanextralayerofinformationisnecessary.Agoodexampleareinstructionmanual,orevenin-persontrainings,thatcanmaketheholeexperiencemorecompleteandrelevant.ForNorman,thisisanaspectthatdesignersusuallymiss,whilefocusingonbeautyinsteadofutility.Everythinginthemodernlifeisdesigned.Whenyoureadeverything,youcanreallythinkaboutanything,andyouwillturnoutunderstandingthatitwasdesignedsomehow.That’swhywehaveallthesedifferentkindsofdesignerswithinthedesignprofession.Normanfocusinthree,specially:Industrialdesigners:emphasizetheformandthematerialthataproducttakes;Interactiondesigners:focusondesigningtheunderstandabilityofaproductanditsusability;Experiencedesigners:concernedaboutthewholeemotionalimpactthataproduct