The book’s expected publication date is October 2007. The publisher is Basic Books (New York).
Tentative table of contents:
- Cautious cars and cantankerous kitchens: how machines take control
- Servants of our machines
- The psychology of people & machines
- The role of automation
- Natural interaction
- Six rules for the design of smart things
- The future of everyday things
- Afterward: the machine’s point of view
A Word document of the first chapter (24 pages) can be downloaded here.
The Afterward (3 pages and here entitled “How to take to people”) is available as a pdf download.



[...] Norman ha appena pubblicato l’indice dei contenuti ed i primi due capitoli provvisori del suo nuovo libro “Il design dei futuri prodotti”. L’intero libro dovrebbe essere pubblicato nel prossimo Ottobre a cura della casa editrice [...]