
Nascido: December 25, 1935 – Brooklyn, New York, United States
Donald A. Norman is an American cognitive scientist, usability engineer, and design theorist whose work centers on human-centered design, cognition, and everyday usability. He is best known for The Design of Everyday Things and Emotional Design, and for co-founding the Nielsen Norman Group, shaping modern UX practice, design education, and product development.
Donald A. Norman’s career grew out of an unusually mobile childhood and an early fascination with invisible systems. Born in New York on December 25, 1935, he spent his youth moving with his father’s Public Health Service assignments, living in different parts of the United States and in El Salvador. As a boy he became absorbed by electronics, earned an amateur radio license, and found in electrical engineering a way to join technical rigor with curiosity about how things work. He studied electrical engineering at MIT, then earned an M.S. in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in mathematical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a combination that would define the rest of his work. ((https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/218990/CBI_577_Norman_2-12-20.pdf))
"Donald Norman is the current guru of workable technology"
— Newsweek
"Donald Norman believes that everyday things need not wreak havoc in our lives"
— Franklin Institute
"The cumulated insights and wisdom of the cross-disciplinary genius Donald Norman are a must for designers"
— Cees de Bont
"Donald Norman is considered among the leading critics of interface design"
— WIRED
"Don Norman is one of the most outspoken, sought-after, and listened-to advocates for the field"
— SIGCHI
"Donald Norman is a guru of gadgets"
— Los Angeles Times
"Donald Norman changed and continues to change the way we live our technology-infused lives"
— Beth Adelson
"Don Norman has given me a host of new ideas to explore"
— Tim Brown
"The industrial design legend Donald Norman talks about how humans project expectations onto objects"
— The Guardian
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