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Chapter 1: The Design of Everyday Things

Viet Nguyen

Monday, Aug 21, 2017 - 03:17:21 pm

@ Viet Nguyen

Thinking of affordances as a relationship between two properties is an interesting point that Norman mentions. Prior to reading The Design of Everyday Things, I have thought of objects and their affordances only within the context of one particular user. For example, a car affords a person with the ability to drive. But thinking of it as a relationship between Read more →

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Response: The Design of Everyday Things

Aaron

Monday, Aug 21, 2017 - 02:55:46 pm

@ atan048

The design of everyday things play an important part of our lives, from doors to lights. As we go through our daily lives, we may or may not recognise or appreciate how some everyday things are designed to suit users needs. An example would be the water coolers around us, where red and blue tabs intuitively lets us know the Read more →

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