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User Friendly

How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work & Play

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User Friendly

Written by: Robert Fabricant, Cliff Kuang
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of User Friendly by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant.

User Friendly is a must-listen for anyone who loves well-designed products - and for the innovators aspiring to make them.

It seems like magic when some new gadget seems to know what we want before we know ourselves. But why does some design feel intrinsically good, and why do some designs last forever, while others disappear? User Friendly guides listeners through the hidden rules governing how design shapes our behaviour, told through fascinating stories such as what the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island reveals about the logic of the smartphone; how the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II created our faith in social progress through better product design; and how a failed vision for Disney World yielded a new paradigm for designed experience.

©2019 Robert Fabricant and Cliff Kuang (P)2019 Penguin Audio Engineering Industrial & Manufacturing
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Loved the book and finished the entire in a week. Highly relivent and great case studies with examples.

A great book.

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good narration. the story is very engaging and insightful. the author very well explains the examples of well designed products and the stories behind the making of them. It's a good read for Designers who want to know the history and future of design .

insightful

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Book has lots of great examples and insights for not only designers but even for non designers or non technical folks who are interested in knowing how technology has evolved over the years. Good read

This book lives up to its name 'User Friendly' 👍

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