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The Design of Everyday Things
Apply foundational design principles so things are obvious to use.
Part of Book skills by @wondelai ↗Uses Don Norman's principles — affordances, signifiers, constraints, and feedback — to make interfaces intuitive.
What it does
- Applies affordances, signifiers, and feedback.
- Makes designs obvious instead of confusing.
How to install (2 minutes)
Same download for Claude Code, Claude app, Codex — follow the step for the tool you use.
- 1Download the .zip and unzip it — you’ll get a folder called design-everyday-things.
- 2In the Claude app: open Settings → Capabilities → Skills, choose Add / Upload, and select the folder (or the .zip).
- 3In Claude Code: drop the folder into your project’s .claude/skills/ directory, then type /skills to confirm it loaded.
- 4In Codex: drop the folder into ~/.agents/skills/ (or your project’s .agents/skills/), then type /skills — or call it directly with $design-everyday-things.
- 5That’s it — the skill activates on its own when it fits what you’re doing.
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