To engineer is humanMore by Henry Petroski
The ultimate context of design is, of course, the human user. Many designed things are "one size fits all," and so if they fit anyone perfectly, it is a statistical coincidence. This being so, all the rest of us must make do. Sometimes we can shop around and try a different brand or model of a designed object, hoping to find the one that seems to have been made for us. Most likely, we never find such a thing, and so we compromise in our choice, selecting a less attractive chair because it is more comfortable or picking an uncomfortable chair because it looks more striking in our living room.…
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| Format | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | Vintage | 2004 | 9781400032938 |
| Hardcover | Alfred A. Knopf | 2003 | 9781400040506 |
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