More readings...human factors, mapping, city planning

Here are some of my thoughts on readings:

Donald A. Norman: The Design of Everyday Things
Well written book on human factors. It should be a must read for every design student.

Renee Chow: Suburban Space
I'm not kissing butt, I enjoyed this book, it's provocative (and nice straight-forward prose). In essence it's a book about designing buildings that have longevity. Also enjoyed the Habraken book.

Jane Jacobs: Death and Life of Great American Cities
Even though it's 40 years old, much of what she writes about is still current, though there have been some cultural shifts over time (for example, no one I know allows their children play in the city streets anymore). Very casual chatty writing style.

Edward R. Tufte: Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations, Visual Display of Quantitaive Information, Beautiful Evidence
Any of these books are great for those of you interested in diagrams and mapping. Hell, you don't even have to read them, just look at the bloody pictures, they're beautiful!

Peronally, I didn't like Atlas of Novel Tectonics. I thought it was rather obvious and simplistic.