Preview of Don Norman's "The Design of Future Things"

Don Norman's forthcoming book, The Design of Future Things is scheduled for a November 2007 launch, but you can learn about the book at Norman's web site and even download a draft of the introductory chapter as a PDF.

As is typical of Norman's work, the first chapter is geared towards a mass audience, focusing on familiar examples of automobiles and home appliances.  It is clear from the closing pages of the available chapter, not to mention the book title, that the book will focus on emerging areas of human-machine interactions including emotional design, augmented reality and real-time sensory systems.  Perhaps most interesting, seems to be a re-emphasis on the role of the machine in the human-machine interaction, after such a heavy focus on primarily the human part of the equation.