num_pages: 239
description: <p>In <i>The Design of Future Things</i>, best-selling author Donald A. Norman presents a revealing examination of smart technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators. Exploring the links between design and human psychology, he offers a consumer-oriented theory of natural human-machine interaction that can be put into practice by the engineers and industrial designers of tomorrow’s thinking machines. A fascinating look at the perils and promise of the intelligent objects of the future, <i>The Design of Future Things</i> is a must-read for anyone interested in the dawn of a new era in technology.</p>
language: en
title: The Design Of Future Things
publisher: Basic Books