The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out.
In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.
Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone
Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever.
Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.
If you're more susceptible to interruption, you do more out of the box thinking.
In design it is important to shoe the effect of an action. ... Feedback is critical.
I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing
Behavioral design is all about feeling in control. Includes: usability, understanding, but also the feel.
The designer has an obligation to provide an appropriate conceptual model for the way that the device works. It doesn't have to completely accurate but it has to be sufficiently accurate that it will help in both the learning of the operation and also dealing with novel situations.
Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.
Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible.
A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary.
Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.
The world is complex, and so too must be the activities that we perform. But that doesn't mean that we must live in continual frustration. No. The whole point of human-centered design is to tame complexity, to turn what would appear to be a complicated tool into one that fits the task, that is understandable, usable, enjoyable.
Any time you see signs or labels added to a device, it is an indication of bad design: a simple lock should not require instructions.
Everything has a personality: everything sends an emotional signal. Even where this was not the intention of the designer, the people who view the website infer personalities and experience emotions. Bad websites have horrible personalities and instill horrid emotional states in their users, usually unwittingly. We need to design things-products, websites, services-to convey whatever personality and emotions are desired.
The design of everyday things is in great danger of becoming the design of superfluous, overloaded, unnecessary things.
Too many companies believe that all they must do is provide a 'neat' technology or some 'cool' product or, sometimes, just good, solid engineering. Nope. All of those are desirable (and solid engineering is a must), but there is much more to a successful product than that: understanding how the product is to be used, design, engineering, positioning, marketing, branding-all matter. It requires designing the Total User Experience.
Attractive things work better.
A good designer will actually design the company.
User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project.
It is the duty of machines and those who design them to understand people. It is not our duty to understand the arbitrary, meaningless dictates of machines.
The best kind of design isn't necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it's a process- dynamic and adaptable.
Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.
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