这不是一本教你如何编程的书，但却是软件工程师不可不读的书。 本书作者Cooper被誉为“VB之父”。他针对基于电脑的产品难学、难用、难以理解的弊病，提出了软件设计应分为两部分：交互设计与编码设计。本书通过大量的商务案例，“透彻地描述了我们面临的挑战，并从方法学上提供了逃离我们自己热心营造的技术牢笼的指南。” 本书观点独特，描述生动，实例丰富，分析深刻，方法具体而且有效，是软件项目经理、

The designers Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa have compiled 204 everyday objects in search of "super normal design": alongside examples of anonymous design like the Swiss Rex vegetable peeler or a simple plastic bag, there are design classics like Marcel Breuer’s tubular steel side table, Dieter Ram’s 606 shelving system, or Joe Colombo’s Optic alarm clock of 1970. With products by Newson, Grcic, the Azumis, and the Bouroullec brothers, it also represents the generation to which Morrison and Fukasawa belong. The phenomenon of the super normal is located, as it were, beyond space and time; the past and present of product design both point to a future that has long since begun. The super normal is already lying exposed before us; it exists in the here and now; it is real and available: we need only open our eyes; Fukasawa and Morrison make it visible for us.

当“设计”和“创意”成为时尚的时候，终于有人出来提醒“被设计”的“原罪”。 从辨析Design 中译的含义到回应霍金《大设计》的思想超越。 一位艺术史家逆流行价值的思考之作。 本文集汇总了他自2006年以来最重要的有关于设计的文章，其中既有作为教育工作者对设计教育的思考和展望，也有作为充满情怀的学者对设计本来面目的追索与探讨；既有在全球化大格局下，设计作为创意文化产业龙头的责任意识，又有回归生活本真，怀抱理想主义的设计原乡情怀。

Packaging is an indispensable part of life. It’s a silent means of one-way communication derived from the instinct to impress and catch attention. In a world where consumers are drowned in choices, high-impact packaging is simply capable of elevating the status of ordinary products, so as to project a long-lasting identity – allowing no more than a few seconds for end users to spot the product from the crowded shelf. Simply Packaging, the third and final volume of the SimplySeries™ series, captures the ever-evolving art of packaging design and its reflection of the times. Examining the subject in 3 main sections, namely Brand Seduction (branding & identity), Lifestyle Stimuli (lifestyle products) and Gobbling Desires (for food & beverages), the title celebrates the hottest packaging designs from around the world!

No matter what type of web site or application you’re building, social interaction among the people who use it will be key to its success. They will talk about it, invite their friends, complain, sing its high praises, and dissect it in countless ways. With the right design strategy you can use this social interaction to get people signing up, coming back regularly, and bringing others into the fold. With tons of examples from real-world interfaces and a touch of the underlying social psychology theory, Joshua Porter shows you how to design your next great social web application. Inside, you’ll discover: • The real reasons why people participate online and the psychology behind them • The Usage Lifecycle—or how people use your web application over time • How to get people past that trickiest of hurdles: sign-up • What to do when you’ve launched a web application and nobody is using it • How to analyze the effectiveness of your application screens and flows • How to grow your social web application from zero users to 1000—and beyond Designing for the social web is about much more than adding features. It’s about embracing the social interaction of the people who make you successful—and then designing smartly to encourage it.

Lettering is a key visual element of great design. The right type can transform any project from mundane to extraordinary, and how to choose and treat font and lettering is a common challenge among designers and artists from every discipline. Type Addicted not only presents a rich selection of experimental and inspirational typefaces and their applications, it also reveals the diversity of innovative approaches used by contemporary designers to set tone, add impact, reinforce brand identity, and lend character to print and design work in various disciplines. Solutions to any type of dilemma are sure to be discovered among the pages. Examples include work by up and coming names as well as renowned icons from around the world.