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Dr. Ben discusses Don Norman's _Design of Everyday Things_ for Design and Gamemastering.(Episode #152). #dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #wfrp Website https://rpgphd.com/ RPG PHD swag!!! https://rpg-phd.myspreadshop.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089593636905 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rpg_phd/ Bluesky @rpg-phd.bsky.social Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87730462&view_as=patron --------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:13 Design is Communication 04:36 Affordances 10:22 Signifiers 15:27 Feedback 19:49 The Two Gulfs 23:26 Mapping 28:17 Constraints 30:32 Designing for Error 32:14 Final Thoughts 33:20 Thoughts? --------------------------------------------- Norman, Donald A. The Design of Everyday Things. Revised and Expanded ed., Basic Books / MIT Press edition listings, 2013. Core concepts summarized in available excerpts. Nielsen Norman Group. “The Two UX Gulfs: Evaluation and Execution.” 2018. Interaction Design Foundation. “Gulf of Evaluation and Gulf of Execution.” Music and Sounds: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Erdns8jA3D/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/MRyCi54t7M/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/AQBpWzOsID/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bWHPOsoaql/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/uDAHxg3lIS/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/2dLRmfzdA5/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jrNZjxJQqZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/8c51eca6-dbb5-4925-b4ec-7ee51630322e