Market segmentation s a natural result of the vast differences among people.

Norman announced that he would no longer teach full-time after the 2009-2010 academic year. S. Early academics
In 1957 Norman received an Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from MIT.

Norman has recently taken a controversial stance in saying that the design research community has had little impact in the innovation of products and that whereas academics can help in refining existing products it is technologists that accomplish the breakthroughs. He is on numerous educational private and public sector advisory boards including the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica. Norman is an active DistinguiDonald Normand Visiting Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology where he spends two months a year teaching.