Beautiful users designing for people in the mid twentieth century henry dreyfuss widely considered the father of industrial design pioneered a user centered approach to design that focuses on studying peoples behaviors and attitudes as a key first step in developing successful products. Beautiful users designing for people june 25 2016 january 8 2017 beautiful users designing for people organized by the cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum features nearly 100 objects that illustrate the evolution of user centered design from the mid 20th century work of henry dreyfuss who coined the phrase designing for people . Beautiful users explores the changing relationship between designers and users and considers a range of design methodologies and practices from user research to hacking open source and the maker culture designs featured range from classics such as henry dreyfusss telephone to cutting edge inventions such as yves behars pill dispenser the . Ellen lupton beautiful users designing for people english isbn 1616892919 2014 pdf 142 pages 71 mb in the mid twentieth century henry dreyfuss widely considered the father of industrial design pioneered a user centered approach to design that focuses on studying peoples behaviors and attitudes as a key first step in developing successful products. Beautiful users explores the changing relationship between designers and users and considers a range of design methodologies and practices from user research to hacking open source and the maker culture designs featured range from classics such as henry dreyfusss telephone to cutting edge inventions such as yves behars pill dispenser the nest thermostat robohand 3d printed prosthetics