[.ca] Designing for People (ISBN 1581153120)

The Classic of Industrial Design:
Henry Dreyfuss is among the top industrial designers ever, and here he shares many of the experiences from his industrial design projects, many of them dealing with everyday objects that we take for granted. This book gives insight on many of the thought processes involved in the face of the many projects where he had essentially zero direct experience in. His unrelenting focus on "Joe and Josephine" -- the human actually using the product -- has resulted in an array of user-friendly products, even before that term was used. He also covers almost anything to do with industrial design, or running an industrial design firm, including starting off, relationships with clients, payment issues, staff management, etc. This book would be interesting for anyone interested in design in general, or even the merely curious who would like to know why some everyday objects are the way they are. An easy and interesting read.