The Design of Everyday Things

I am passionate about human centered design and I believe that design doesn't have to be complicated, or focused solely on aesthetics. Author explains the conflicts in between engineering a product and designing a product based on human interaction. Being an engineer myself I found this section extremely interesting and illuminating. Our view of the world is often very structured and when people struggle while interacting with technology we fail to understand that human behavior is anything but predictable, repeatable and structured. Author shares a framework to guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time by making things visible, exploiting natural relationships that couple function and control, and making intelligent use of constraints.

Although this book is a must read for people in design, I would say that if you are an engineer, architect or product manager you should definitely read this book. This will help you develop empathy for the end users of your product and build better products.