Book Review: "Living with Complexity" by Donald Norman

Book Review: "Living with Complexity" by Donald Norman:

Review by Robert Blinn, who observes the following:

Norman explains that all of our desire for 'simplicity' is a false hope because life is complex. Complexity, however, does not need to be confusing. Those designers who can manage to produce devices (and systems) that corral the complexity of the world into intuitively grouped and well-designed systems will garner success in our digital world.

I love this. It's the same point I try to make when speaking about visual hierarchy and managing complexity, rather than eliminating it.