Hi Snir, I'm not sure this is what you are looking for, since it is generally about bad design and not specifically about design for VI, but what about The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman? Regards, Lisa accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev 9. januar 2007 kl. 19:12 +0000: >Dear All, > >Thanks for your responses so far, they're great. In response to your >question Mel, I am in the midst of writing my PhD, which is part of a >larger research programme called TIMP. >I was in the process of writing my justifications for putting the user in >the centre of my design methodology and was trying to think of examples >of what happens when you don't! I could think of a few examples of >failing products, most prominent one I could think of was a GPS guidance >device for the blind, (I think it came out in the early or mid 90s) that >was very good with the exclusion that it forced the user to use >headphones. Needless to say users did not use the device as they could >not listen to traffic and ambient sounds, etc. I cannot find a reference >to it though! > >Hope this helps putting things into context. > >All the best, > >Snir > >---------------------------------------- >Snir Dinar >Department of Design and Technology >Anglia Ruskin University >Cambridge > Lisa Yayla Huseby Kompetansesenter Oslo Norway lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx