Ok, better late than never, eh?
Emotional design was a pretty good book, though it helped to have read Don Norman's previous books, and realize he had changed his mind yet again. Rather than focus on usability alone, designers now had to also make a device "feel good to use". Appealing to the senses while still remaining functional and easy to use can be extremely difficult. I did enjoy reading the book, and it's interesting to kind of see the gradual evolution of CHI in these books, even if he is not always specifically talking about computers. Seems he still likes cars though, they seem to be one of his main examples yet again. Probably because nearly everyone has had some experience using a car, and he is trying to use universal principals. I'll probably pick it back up in the future and read it again, or whatever his most recent book is then.
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