The Design of Everyday Things is a best-selling book by cognitive scientist and usability engineer Donald Norman about how design serves as the ...TheDesignofEverydayThingsFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchTheDesignofEverydayThingsFirstedition(originaltitle)AuthorDonaldNormanOriginal titleThePsychologyofEverydayThingsCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishGenreDesign,Psychology,BusinessPublisherBasicBooksPublicationdate1988ISBN978-0-465-06710-7DeweyDecimal620.8'2—dc20TheDesignofEverydayThingsisabest-selling[1]bookbycognitivescientistandusabilityengineerDonaldNormanabouthowdesignservesasthecommunicationbetweenobjectanduser,andhowtooptimizethatconduitofcommunicationinordertomaketheexperienceofusingtheobjectpleasurable.Oneofthemainpremisesofthebookisthatalthoughpeopleareoftenkeentoblamethemselveswhenobjectsappeartomalfunction,itisnotthefaultoftheuserbutratherthelackofintuitiveguidancethatshouldbepresentinthedesign.Thebookwasoriginallypublishedin1988withthetitleThePsychologyofEverydayThings.Normansaidhisacademicpeerslikedthattitle,butbelievedthenewtitlebetterconveyedthecontentofthebookandbetterattractedinterestedreaders.[2]:ixItisoftenreferredtobytheinitialismsPOETandDOET.Normanusescasestudiestodescribethepsychologybehindwhathedeemsgoodandbaddesign,andproposesdesignprinciples.Thebookspansseveraldisciplinesincludingbehavioralpsychology,ergonomics,anddesignpractice.Amajorupdateofthebook,TheDesignofEverydayThings:RevisedandExpandedEdition,waspublishedin2013.Contents1Contents2Seealso3References4FurtherreadingContents[edit]Inthebook,Normanintroducedthetermaffordanceasitappliedtodesign,[3]:282addingaperceptualdimensiontoJamesJ.Gibson'sconceptofthesamename.[1]Examplesofaffordancesareflatplatesondoorsmeanttobepushed,smallfinger-sizepush-buttons,andlongandroundedbarsweintuitivelyuseashandles.AsNormanusedtheterm,theplateorbuttonaffordspushing,whilethebarorhandleaffordspulling.[3]:282–3[4]:9Normandiscusseddoorhandlesatlength.[5][4]:10,87–92Healsopopularizedth