Some strategies to make a design self-explanatory include making the design intuitive, such as making a pillar visible so that it's clear which side of a door is attached to a hinge. The design should indicate action by itself, without the need for manual instructions. When simple things are overly complex, the whole purpose of the design is lost.
How do designers improve their products to work around flaws in human logic? In The Design of Everyd...
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