The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design


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“The role of metaphor in interaction design has oft been maligned and usually misunderstood. Metaphor has been called ‘not only unhelpful, but harmful’ (Cooper, 1995) in design, and is typically thought of as being limiting, scaling poorly, and leading to faulty thinking about how products work.”

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http://www.odannyboy.com/blog/cmu/new_archives/the_role_of_metaphor_in_interaction_design.html


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