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For designers, signifiers matter more than affordances: affordances control what is possible, signifiers are how a product communicates what to do.

Drawn from what Don Norman said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

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What Don Norman actually said

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  1. Don Norman

    Cognitive scientist and designer

    Affordances control what actions are possible. For designers, signifiers are far more important. Signifiers are how communication takes place, how one signals the appropriate controls and operations.

    Where this was said

    ↗A Great Product Ruinedjnd.org

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