Beautiful users: designing for people
In the mid-twentieth century, Henry Dreyfuss-widely considered the father of industrial design-pioneered a user-centered approach to design that focuses on studying people's behaviors and attitudes as a key first step in developing successful products. In the intervening years, user-centered design has expanded to undertake the needs of differently abled users and global populations as well as the design of complex systems and services. Beautiful Users explores the changing relationship between…
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- Full title :Beautiful users : designing for people / Ellen Lupton, with contributions by Thomas Carpentier and Tiffany Lambert.
Summary
In the mid-twentieth century, Henry Dreyfuss-widely considered the father of industrial design-pioneered a user-centered approach to design that focuses on studying people's behaviors and attitudes as a key first step in developing successful products. In the intervening years, user-centered design has expanded to undertake the needs of differently abled users and global populations as well as the design of complex systems and services. Beautiful Users explores the changing relationship between designers and users and considers a range of design methodologies and practices, from user research to hacking, open source, and the maker culture.
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- Publication Date:2014
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Princeton Architectural Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beautiful Users, organized by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
The Physical Object
- Description:141 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781616892913, 1616892919
- oclc:ocn879553022
- LC Classification:NK1520
- Dewey Decimal:745.209/040747471
Table of Contents
Foreword / Caroline Baumann -- Prologue : Measuring man -- Designing for people / Ellen Lupton -- Project : The measure(s) of man: Architects' data add-on / Thomas Carpentier -- Case studies : Handle ; Mobility ; Interface ; Revenge of the user -- Glossary : Users speak / Tiffany Lambert.
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