【美】山姆·高斯林（Sam Gosling） 美国心理学会（APA）青年心理学家年度杰出贡献奖得主、柏克莱大学心理博士、得克萨斯大学心理学副教授。 他的作品广泛出现于各大媒体上，比如《纽约时报》《今日心理》《华盛顿邮报》《早安美国》等。他的首部著作就被知名科学杂志New Sci entist选为年度好书，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一流媒体的好评。高斯林博士的研究领域为性格差异，以及人们在日常生活中如何形塑对他人的印象。 首次创造的“房间研究”，由整体环境、摆放物品的特点精准判断物品主人的性格，被广大媒体赞誉为“观察教父”，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一众媒体的好评。

【美】山姆·高斯林（Sam Gosling） 美国心理学会（APA）青年心理学家年度杰出贡献奖得主、柏克莱大学心理博士、得克萨斯大学心理学副教授。 他的作品广泛出现于各大媒体上，比如《纽约时报》《今日心理》《华盛顿邮报》《早安美国》等。他的首部著作就被知名科学杂志New Sci entist选为年度好书，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一流媒体的好评。高斯林博士的研究领域为性格差异，以及人们在日常生活中如何形塑对他人的印象。 首次创造的“房间研究”，由整体环境、摆放物品的特点精准判断物品主人的性格，被广大媒体赞誉为“观察教父”，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一众媒体的好评。

A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002 What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important because the high tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropolo...(展开全部)

What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some car doors sound “expensive”? We live in a world drowning in objects. But wh...(展开全部)

A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce. What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some ca...(展开全部)

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden con...(展开全部)

為什麼愈簡單的設計反而顯得愈奢侈？ 大量生產的蘋果電腦，為什麼像是為個人量身訂做的？ 史塔克最精采的設計作品不是外星人榨汁機？ 不標榜設計師的無印良品，卻讓我們記得深澤直人的產品？ 倫敦設計博物館館長，用八十張圖片帶我們一探設計的過去、現在與未來 設計在我們的生活裡無所不在，從湯匙、椅子、車子、燈具，到飛機、摩天大樓與城市規劃，設計就像是物質世界的基因碼，對於現代生活具有極大的影響力。設計定義了白色是酷、黑色是專業；設計讓明明沒有機械零件的數位相機發出快門喀擦聲；設計也驅使我們在新產品上市時漏夜排隊，只為了先人一步擁有。這一切，都是設計的誘惑使然。 知名的建築藝術評論家薩德奇帶領我們尋訪設計的演變，剖析設計化身為工藝美學、行銷手法與流行時尚等不同面貌。當設計的目的不只是解決問題、服務大眾，而是跟時尚一樣快速地推陳出新，設計改往限量路線發展，企圖與奢侈...(展开全部)