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Foreword
E
. Anything that is not a simple, untouched
piece of nature has been designed by someone. e quality of that design eort, there-
fore, profoundly aects our quality of life. e ability of designers to produce eective,
ecient, imaginative, and stimulating designs is therefore important to all of us. is is
clearly evident in the case of hardware—physical products, buildings, environments, etc.
It is perhaps less evident, but oen more important in the case of soware that resides not
only in our computers but also increasingly in those more familiar hardware ar ...