[Air-L] Primary text on affordances

Michael Zimmer zimmerm at uwm.edu
Sat Jul 24 19:09:48 PDT 2010


Donald Norman uses the term extensively in his "Design of Everyday Things" (1988)

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Michael Zimmer, PhD
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On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Denise N. Rall wrote:

> Dear AIR-ERS -
> 
> I have some colleagues here who have recently become interested in the concept of affordances (they are working in the field of visual arts).
> 
> I know the term comes from engineering but if anyone has the primary reference at their fingertips it would be much appreciated.
> 
> Cheers, Denise
> 
> (writing from the island of Bali where the the celebrations of the Kite Festival has filled the skies each afternoon with amazing kites)
> 
> 
> Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science  
> Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61)(0)438 233344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/
> Popular Culture Association of Australia & Zealand POPCANNZ Conf. 	
> Auckland, New Zealand July 2011
> 
> 
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