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What is included in a narrative, what is left out and the values it embodies are determined by what cognitive scientist and linguist George Lakoff refers to as ‘frames’. These cognitive structures are shaped by our personal and collective histories and allow us to conceptualize and organize what we see (and fail to see) and how we see it. The meani... See more
Designing Systems Interventions – Transition Design Seminar CMU
But very few interfaces do a brilliant job of the third need: showing me where I've been and how I got here. We can do it at small scales. Patterns like breadcrumbs help us navigate through website or wiki with lots of subpages, but those don't scale well beyond ~7 steps.
Historical Trails
Gideon Rubin,
Barbara Tversky • Mind in Motion
Conceptual metaphorical—
Julie Dirksen • Design for How People Learn (Voices That Matter)
W hen one is pr e-sented with a set of information that can be freely moved, manipulated, grouped and re -arrange d in a visuospatial manner, this interaction method can help us discover meanings or relationships.
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Maps have long been a part of human society. They are valuable tools to pass on knowledge. Still, in using maps, abstractions, and models, we must always be wise to their limitations. They are, by definition, reductions of something far more complex. There is always at least an element of subjectivity, and we need to remember that they are created
... See moreRhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Second General Fact Worth Remembering: Representations created by hands and by words are wildly different.
Barbara Tversky • Mind in Motion
My 7 heroes of visual communication
terrilonier.ck.page
Experience Maps Are Visual, Not Verbal