About this course
This course explores the fundamental principles and insights from Don Norman's influential book, "The Design of Everyday Things". Participants will gain an understanding of how design impacts everyday usability, learn the psychology behind good and bad design, and discover practical methods to evaluate and create user-centered designs. Ideal for designers, product managers, engineers, and anyone i...
What you'll learn
- Explain core principles from The Design of Everyday Things and how they impact usability
- Identify and apply affordances, signifiers, constraints, and mapping in real designs
- Design clear feedback and visibility to improve user interactions
- Anticipate and design for human error, including prevention and recovery strategies
- Use human-centered design and design thinking methods to frame problems and generate solutions
- Evaluate everyday objects and interfaces using practical usability and heuristic techniques
- Integrate emotional and ethical considerations into product decisions
- Manage complexity in modern devices and prioritize simpler, more usable interactions
- Apply case-study lessons to implement good design practices in projects
- Plan and communicate design changes that improve user experience
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites; a curious mindset about how products work and basic familiarity with design or product concepts will help.
- Level
- IntermediateΒ· Level
- Duration
- 8 weeksΒ· Duration
- Language
- EnglishΒ· Language
- Modules
- 15Β· Modules
Skills you'll gain
- User-centered design
- Usability evaluation
- Heuristic analysis
- Affordance & signifier design
- Feedback and visibility design
- Error prevention & recovery design
- Design thinking methods
- Prototyping and iteration
- Interaction mapping
- Ethical & inclusive design
What you'll study
15 modules β work at your own pace.
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