唐·諾曼：生活的複雜性

Living with Complexity

[基本信息/Product Details]

出版社 : The MIT Press; 第 Reprint 版 (2016年2月12日)

語言 : 英語

平裝 : 308頁

ISBN-10 : 0262528940

ISBN-13 : 978-0262528948

商品重量 : 318 g

尺寸 : 13.67 x 1.88 x 20.47 cm

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

[書籍內容/Book De*ion]

為什麼我們不想簡單點，學會如何面對複雜的生活？

要是今天的技術更簡單就好了!這是普遍的悲歎，但這是錯誤的。在這本發人深省、信息豐富的書中，唐·諾曼寫道，我們技術的複雜性一定程度上反映出我們生活的複雜性和豐富性。問題不在於複雜性，而在於糟糕的設計。不必要的糟糕設計使事情複雜化，使熱門困惑。但好的設計卻可以解決複雜性這個問題。

諾曼給我們上了一堂關於複雜性優點的速成課。設計師必須設計出能夠克服複雜性的產品，這需要我們儘自己的一份力量：我們必須花時間學習結構和實踐技能。好的設計是使我們能夠掌握閲讀和寫作，開車和運動的原因，也是掌握複雜工具的方法

總的來説，複雜性是好的，過於簡單反而具有誤導性。美好的生活是複雜的、豐富的、有回報的——但前提是它是可以可理解的、智能的、有意義的。

Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.

If only today's technology were simpler! It's the universal lament, but it's wrong. 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. 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.

[媒體推薦/Reviews]

隨着世界的發展超越了文藝復興時期任何人的理解，唐納德·諾曼的書籍是恰逢這個時候創作出來了，每個產品設計師都是交互設計師！

——Robert Blinn, Core77

你會喜歡諾曼冷靜的聲音，敏鋭的觀察和明智的建議，讀他的書可以知道自己可以做什麼。

—Geoffrey K. Pullum, Times Higher Education

[作者簡介/Author]

多恩·諾曼(DonNorman)，又譯作：唐納德·A·諾曼，唐·諾曼，本名：DonaldArthurNorman，英文常簡稱為DonNorman，中文有時也譯為唐納·諾曼或唐納德·諾曼，出生於1935年12月25日，是美國認知科學，人因工程等設計領域的著名學者，也是尼爾森諾曼集團（NielsenNormanGroup）的創辦人和顧問，他同時也是美國知名作家，以書籍《設計&日常生活》聞名於工業設計和互動設計領域，並曾被《商業週刊》雜誌評選為世紀影響力深遠的設計師之一。

Business Week has named Don Norman 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; and 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), Emotional Design, and The Design of Future Things.