Chapter 1: The Psychopathology of Everyday Things
I hate reading, but so far the book is somewhat interesting. I never really thought about why I decide to push/pull a door open. After reading this chapter, I realized how placing a handle/bar closer to one side of a door can subconsciously influence a person to push/pull in that direction. At my house, there are couple of clusters of switches in the kitchen, living room, and hallway, and although I have been living there for almost 6 years, I still have to push every switch to get the right set of lights to turn on. It gets frustrating, having to cycle through several switches to turn the right lights on. I have also realized that the design of a product is not simply thrown together. It is a careful, time-consuming process that is necessary to make sure an object has the ability to be used in the right way. I will probably trying to spot all kinds of bad designs, after reading this chapter.
