The Blind Men and The Elephant

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Literature on The Blind Men and The Elephant

Here’s the entire UX literature on The Blind Men and The Elephant by the Interaction Design Foundation, collated in one place:

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6 Blind Men Walk Into a Bar… The UX Punchline

The blind men of our tale begin their day in a bar. They are drinking together when a man runs in and says; “I have a problem! I have found this amazing creature but I don’t know what it is!”Unfortunately, for our befuddled zoo keeper – there are no customers in the bar except the blind guys. However, emboldened by the beer, they offer to give t...

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Meet the Eames – Function is the Key to Design

Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (1907-1978) and his wife Bernice Alexandra “Ray” Eames (1912-1988) were multi-disciplinary American designers who contributed to modern architecture, furniture design, graphic design, fine art and film.About Charles EamesCharles was a rebellious designer and initially he attended Washington University (St. Louis) to stud...

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Ch 2: Design Spaces

Customer: 'Which of your cuts are the best?' Butcher: 'All of my cuts are the best.'   While the previous chapter described computing system levels, this chapter describes how the many dimensions of system performance interact to create a design requirements space. ...

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