Background

Norman, Donald Arthur was born on December 25, 1935 in New York City. Son of Noah N. and Miriam F. Norman.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University Pennsylvania, 1962.

Degree in psychology (honorary), University Padua, Italy, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Design (honorary), Technology University Delft, The Netherlands, 2006.

Career

Lecturer Harvard University, 1962-1966. Professor department psychology University California-San Diego, La Jolla, 1966-1992, professor emeritus, since 1992, professor, chair department cognitive science, 1988-1992, chair department psychology, 1974-1978. Apple fellow Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, California, 1993-1997, vice president advanced technical, 1995-1997.

Executive information appliances Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, 1997-1998. Co-founder, principal Nielsen Norman Group, Fremont, since 1998. President learning system UNext, 1999—2001.

Professor departments electrical engineering, computer science, psychology and cognitive science Northwestern University, 2001—2010. Co-director Segal Design Institute, 2007—2010, Kellgg Mc Cormick Program, 2008—2010. Breed professor Desgn, 2008—2010.

Visiting distinguished professor Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, since 2009. Consultant to industry on human centered product design.

Achievements

• Donald Arthur Norman has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • El diseno emocional/ Emotional Design: Por que nos gustan o no los objetos cotidianos / Why we Love (or Hate) Everyday Things (Paidos Transiciones) (Spanish Edition)

    (¿No se ha preguntado alguna vez por qué el vino tiene mej...)

  • Doctor Norman's The Design of Everyday Things (Chinese Edition)

    (Doctor Norman's The Design of Everyday Things emphasizes ...)

  • Turn Signals are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles (Paperback) - Common

    (An intelligent, whimsical, curmudgeonly look at our love/...)

  • Living with Complexity

    ( If only today's technology were simpler! It's the unive...)

  • The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer is So Complex and Information Appliances are the Solution (Paperback) - Common

    (Technologies have a life cycle, and they must change as t...)

  • The Design of Everyday Things (text only) by D. A. Norman

    (The Design of Everyday Things PaperbackDonald A. Norman (...)

  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book)

    ( In Things That Make Us Smart, Donald A. Norman explores...)

  • El ordenador invisible / the invisible Computer: Por Que Los Buenos Productos Pueden Fracasar, Los Ordenadores Personales Son Tan Complicados Y Las ... Son LA Solucion (Spanish Edition)

    (Según el doctor Donald A. Norman, las tecnologías tienen ...)

  • Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Donald A Norman (4-Dec-2003) Hardcover

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine by Norman Donald A. (1993-05-01) Hardcover

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Turn Signals Are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles

    (The "Gadget Guru" (L.A. Times) explores our place in a wo...)

  • Explorations in Cognition (A Series of books in psychology)

    (. no dw, 1975, 430pp)

  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book) by Donald A. Norman (1994) Paperback

    (Reprint)

  • The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman (1990-02-01)
  • Explorations in Cognition (A Series of books in psychology) by Donald A. Norman (1975-06-03)
  • The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer is So
  • The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution
  • (Living with Complexity ) Author: Donald A. Norman Dec-2010
  • (The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer is So Complex and Information Appliances are the Solution ) Author: Donald A. Norman Oct-1998
  • The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution by Norman, Donald A. Reprint edition (1999) Paperback
  • (The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer is So Complex and Information Appliances are the Solution ) Author: Donald A. Norman Sep-1999
  • Emotional design
  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book) by Donald A. Norman (1994-04-21)
  • The Psychology of Everyday Things.
  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine by Norman, Donald A. (1993) Hardcover
  • The Design of Everyday Things (MIT Press) by Donald A. Norman (2014-01-10)
  • The Psychology of Everyday Things
  • The Invisible Computer
  • (The Design of Everyday Things ) Author: Donald A. Norman Dec-2013
  • The Design of Everyday Things, revised and expanded edition by Donald A. Norman (23-Dec-2013) Paperback
  • The Design of Everyday Things NYC (by book's seller)
  • (Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine) Author: Donald A. Norman published on (April, 1994)
  • (The Psychology of Everyday Things ) Author: Donald A. Norman Jun-1988
  • (User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human/Computer Interaction ) Author: Donald A. Norman Feb-1986
  • The Design of Everyday Things
  • The Design of Future Things By Norman, Donald A ( Author ) Paperback 2009
  • Living with Complexity by Norman, Donald A. (2010) Hardcover

Membership

Fellow: American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society (charter fellow, Franklin V. Taylor award 2005), Association Computing Machines (Lifetime Achievement award (Human-Computer Interaction Group)), Cognitive Science Society (chairman, founding member), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Martha Karpati (divorced). Children— Cynthia, Michael. Married Julie Jacobsen.

1 child, Eric.

Father:

Noah N.

Mother:

Miriam F. Norman

Spouse:

Julie Jacobsen

Spouse:

Martha Karpati

child:

Eric Norman

child:

Michael Norman

child:

Cynthia Norman