Designing for People

Author

Henry Dreyfuss

Publisher

Allworth Press

Copyright

1955

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Design

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The first book on industrial design. A lovely, timeless book. Dreyfuss scattered the pages with his sketches, making for a playful, very human read.

Reading Notes

6.14.09

The future

Dreyfuss, Designing for People, page 136

They said it would never replace the horse, but more and more it looks as if the automobile is here to stay.

Written in 1955. Swap in book for horse and ebook for automobile, and it may be just as prescient a statement today as it was then.