Categories: BehaviourDesignTheory

Frame of Reference

The real issues at the heart of modern interface design.

Now that skeuomorphism is a thing, and “flat design” is busy becoming the next flavour of UI styling, I’d like to provide a deeper perspective of the issues we’re facing with digital products.

We’ve all seen the posts and videos of children subjected to items that were familiar to us growing up, but have no place in the modern world. Dial-up modems, landline telephones, cassette players—the list of outdated technology grows daily. This means that the generations ahead are losing affordances daily as well.

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Rob Cowie

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