1 - Design of everyday things
Saul Greenberg
Design of everyday things
Summary so far:
– many so-called human errors are actually errors in design
– human factors became important as human performance
limitations reached when handling complex machinery
You will soon know these important concepts for
designing everyday things
– perceived affordances
– causality
– visible constraints
– mapping
– transfer effects
– idioms & population stereotypes
– conceptual models
– individual differences
–
why design is hard
Slide deck by Saul Greenberg. Permission is granted to use this for non-commercial purposes as long as general credit to Saul Greenberg is clearly maintained.
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Saul Greenberg
Perceived Affordance
The perceived properties of the object that suggest
how one could use it
Many concepts in this section are adapted from Don Norman’s book: The Design of Everyday Things
chairs are for sitting
table for placing things on
knobs are for turning
buttons are
for pressing
slots are for inserting
handles are for turning
computer for…
switch for toggling
