Living with Complexity

书名：Living with Complexity
作者：[美国]唐纳德·诺曼
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ISBN：9780262014861
出版社：TheMITPress
出版时间：2010
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：312
豆瓣评分： 8.2

书籍简介：

If only today’s technology were simpler! It’s the universal lament, but it’s wrong. We don't want simplicity. Simple tools are not up to the task. The world is complex; our tools need to match that complexity. Simplicity turns out to be more complex than we thought. 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. But even such simple things as salt and pepper shakers, doors, and light switches become complicated when we have to deal with many of them, each somewhat different. Managing complexity, says Norman, is a partnership. 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.

作者简介：

Business Week has named Don Norman as one of the world's most influential designers. He has been both a professor and an executive: he was Vice President of Advanced Technology at Apple; his company, the Nielsen Norman Group, helps companies produce human-centered products and services; he has been on the faculty at Harvard, the University of California, San Diego, Northwestern University, and KAIST, in South Korea. He is the author of many books, including The Design of Everyday Things, The Invisible Computer (MIT Press, 1998), Emotional Design, and The Design of Future Things.

书友短评：

@ freedom 翻阅，这文笔看着不带劲 @ mika ···英文真的是羞射难懂的··· @ 方舟K][NGofARK 对简单与复杂迷思的最强音。必读！ @ 琥珀 U should be bloody smart. @ Neil_谭 “We need two sets of principles for managing complexity: one for design, one for coping. In the end, the rules all evolve around communication and feedback.” @ 今天我熬夜了吗 前半部分很精彩，很有收获，也给了很多非常贴切的生活里的例子，但 最近重新翻了翻，里面的举例都很实用……“Simplicity can only live with complexity” — 无论是硬件、消费还是互联网产品，甚至是内容，都避不开这件事儿 @ freedom 翻阅，这文笔看着不带劲 @ サイキ 再来一遍 @ Neil_谭 “We need two sets of principles for managing complexity: one for design, one for coping. In the end, the rules all evolve around communication and feedback.”

1. Living With Complexity: Why complexity is necessary
2. Simplicity Is in the Mind
3. How Simple Things Can Complicate Our Lives
4. Social Signifiers
5. Sociable Design
6. Systems and Services
7. The Design of Waits
8. Managing Complexity: A Partnership
9. The Challenge
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