Affordances: Clarifying and Evolving a Concept
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Affordances-For AI EDAM Special Issue 1
Don Norman Sep 7, 2014 Affordances-for AI EDAM special issue 1 AFFORDANCES: COMMENTARY ON THE SPECIAL ISSUE OF AIEDAM DONALD A. NORMAN1 The concept of affordances has an interesting history, starting with the keen observations and thoughts of the perceptual psychologist, J.J. Gibson in the late 1970s, moving into the world of design through the 1988 publication of my book “Design of Everyday Things” (later originally titled “Psychology of Everyday Things”), and then making its way into engineering design in the 2001 paper by Maier & Fadel. As a result of this disciplinary migration, the concept of affordance leads several rather separate lives within these different fields -- ecological psychology, Design, and engineering design -- with each field barely aware of the work being done in the others. Those who use the concept in ecological psychology and philosophy seem unaware of its use in design and engineering. Similarly, those in design are mostly unaware of its use in engineering. And those in engineering and design are unaware of the work that has continued on the concept since its introduction into their own domains. Disciplinary silos still exist. See, for example, the detailed analysis by Dotov, Nie, and de Wit, 2012, and the one by Chimero, 2003, both of which ignore the work outside of perceptual and ecological psychology, even though both claim to be broad, comprehensive reviews. Gibson would be puzzled, delighted, and dismayed. Me too: I am delighted and somewhat puzzled, but I replace dismay with amusement. A word of caution is needed here about my use of the terms “engineering,” “engineering design,” and “Design.” In the design and manufacture of a product or service, many different disciplines play a role. -
DESIGN Ii Affordances and Design
V ICTOR K APTELININ AFFORDANCES AND DESIGN ii AFFORDANCES AND DESIGN TITLE: Affordances and Design. AUTHOR: Victor Kaptelinin. PUBLISHER: The Interaction Design Foundation EDITION NUMBER: 1 ISBN PAPERBACK EDITION: 978-87-92964-12-0 ISBN EBOOK EDITION: 978-87-92964-13-7 COPY EDITOR: Ailsa Campbell REFERENCE VALIDATION: Armin Walinsky GRAPHICS, INTERIOR/EDITORIAL DESIGN, AND COVER: Bent St. Madsen and Mads Soegaard COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE: Michael Thorman PROOFREADER: Ailsa Campbell SUPERVISORY EDITORS: Mads Soegaard and Rikke Friis Dam EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Soeren Dam TYPOGRAPHY: This text is set in Georgia COPYRIGHT: See section on Copyright PEER REVIEW: This book has undergone double-blinded peer-review based on the reviewing guidelines iii Table of Contents ABSTRACT ������������������������������������������������������������������ V CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Why affordances? ......... 1 CHAPTER 2: Theoretical roots ................................. 12 CHAPTER 3: Affordances in HCI research: An overview ........................................ 25 CHAPTER 4: Key issues of debate ............................ 63 CHAPTER 5: Conclusion: Reflections on the present and future of affordances as an HCI concept ............................... 81 CHAPTER 6: Where to learn more ........................... 92 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ������������������������������������������������� 97 REFERENCES �������������������������������������������������������������� 99 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ������������������������������������������������� 109 iv AFFORDANCES AND DESIGN v Abstract -
Affordance, a Concept for a Measurable Design - Fitness Furniture, a Case Study
International Association of Societies of Manchester School of Art Design Research Conference 2019 Manchester Metropolitan University DESIGN REVOLUTIONS 02-05 September 2019 Affordance, a concept for a measurable Design - Fitness furniture, a case study Sousa, Ana Isabela; Sarmento, Teresab; Borges, Afonsoc; Mendonça, Ruid a FBAUP/FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal b Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal c LabCom, Universidade da Beira Interior, Porto, Portugal; ID+, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal d FBAUP, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ID+, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal Bearing in mind the population growth, Design follows economy’s pace by choosing multifunctional solutions. However, this reality challenges the usefulness of products, making us question the eXtent to what all functions are perceptible and feasible in a positive manner. Moreover, by a functional design, one eXpects an intuitive use advocated by the concept of affordance, which in practice translates unconscious actions into well-designed aspects. When referring to a multifunctional design, where different conteXts coeXist, many items must be clearly communicated. Throughout this paper we try to establish a relationship between the concept of affordance and multifunctional design, having as an argument the development of furniture that enhances sports practice, and so fulfils a twofold functionality. The conceptual definition of affordance is exposed first, by using examples of design that validate its relevance, and then tackles the hybrid design in an analytical setting. The discussion stands for affordance as a concept able to measure the hybridity of a product through its latent functions, which established by the user's unconscious interaction, contribute to the multifunctionality of the objects. -
Reconciling Function- and Affordance-Based Design
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open Reports 2014 Reconciling Function- and Affordance-Based Design Benjamin T. Ciavola Michigan Technological University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the Computer-Aided Engineering and Design Commons Copyright 2014 Benjamin T. Ciavola Recommended Citation Ciavola, Benjamin T., "Reconciling Function- and Affordance-Based Design", Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2014. https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds/773 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the Computer-Aided Engineering and Design Commons RECONCILING FUNCTION- AND AFFORDANCE-BASED DESIGN By Benjamin T Ciavola A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 2014 This dissertation has been approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics. Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Dissertation Advisor: Dr. John Gershenson Committee Member: Dr. Amlan Mukherjee Committee Member: Dr. Greg Graman Committee Member: Dr. Michele Miller Department Chair: Dr. William W. Predebon -
Celia Hodent, Phd. @Celiahodent Director of UX @ Epic Games
UX of Onboarding and Player Engagement Celia Hodent, PhD. @CeliaHodent Director of UX @ Epic Games Perception Cognitive Science Interaction Human Factors Satisfaction Emotions HCI User Research UX Design UX Strategy Interaction Design … Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion REMINDER: How the brain learns PERCEPTION MEMORY (input) (synaptic modification) INFLUENCING FACTORS INFO PROCESSING Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Perception: How it works Perception is a construct of the mind. It is subjective. Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Perception: It’s subjective Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Memory: How it works SENSORY MEMORY Part of perception Importance of attention WORKING MEMORY Short-term – Easily disturbed Requires heavy attentional resources LONG-TERM MEMORY No known limits in time and space Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Memory: It’s fragile Forgetting curve: (Ebbinghaus, 1885) Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Attention: How it works We are not carefully scanning all of our environment … Rather, attention works like a spotlight. Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion Attention: It’s VERY limited Multitask Inattentional blindness (or why we suck at multitasking …) Intro Discovery Learning Immersion Conclusion A UX Framework User eXperience Usability GameFlow Signs & Feedback Perceived Pacing (challenge, learning curve, surprises, …) Clarity Form Follows Function Motivation (competence, autonomy, relatedness) Consistency Minimum Workload -
Affordance, Forgiveness, and Ambiguity in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction Olia Lialina
Once Again, the Doorknob: Affordance, Forgiveness, and Ambiguity in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction Olia Lialina To cite this version: Olia Lialina. Once Again, the Doorknob: Affordance, Forgiveness, and Ambiguity in Human- Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction. Media Theory, Media Theory, 2019, Rethinking Affordance, 3 (1), pp.49 - 72. hal-02469444 HAL Id: hal-02469444 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02469444 Submitted on 6 Feb 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives| 4.0 International License Special Issue: Rethinking Affordance Once Again, the Doorknob: Media Theory Vol. 3 | No. 1 | 49-72 © The Author(s) 2019 Affordance, Forgiveness, and CC-BY-NC-ND http://mediatheoryjournal.org/ Ambiguity in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction OLIA LIALINA Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany Abstract Based on the author‟s keynote lecture at the 2018 „Rethinking Affordance‟ symposium (Stuttgart, Germany), this essay offers a comprehensive survey of the tensions between J.J. Gibson‟s and Don Norman‟s perspectives on the concept of affordance, and formulates an incisive critique of how Norman reconfigured Gibson‟s initial theory. -
Conceptualizing Design Affordances from a Cognitive Perspective Jeremiah D
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2009 Conceptualizing design affordances from a cognitive perspective Jeremiah D. Still Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Still, Jeremiah D., "Conceptualizing design affordances from a cognitive perspective" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10533. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10533 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Conceptualizing design affordances from a cognitive perspective by Jeremiah Daniel Still A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Human-Computer Interaction Program of Study Committee: Veronica J. Dark, Major Professor Ana Correia Stephen Gilbert Alison L. Morris William S. Robinson Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2009 Copyright © Jeremiah Daniel Still, 2009. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT iv CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Dissertation