According to Norman (1988) an affordance is the design aspect of an object which suggest how the object should be used. On the other hand, from my understanding, affordance is an ability of an object to tell the user how it functions. For instance, a scissor. When you see it, you know how to hold it, just place your two fingers through each hole and pull it up and down by using your effort.
Affordance is a very crucial aspect when it comes to design a product so that every user knows how to use it. It is very convenient for us to use it without reading an instruction. Our mind will automatically tell us how to use it when we're looking at it. Another example -
Box tissue. It's very high affordance because our eyes will immediately drawn to the exposed tissue then pull it up, easy as that. Plus, the texture of the tissue is smooth when it comes out of the box so it proves that box tissue is high affordance. In our everyday life, an affordance is the key aspect of a good design. No matter how outstanding your product is, if it's low in affordance, it isn't a success.
Anis Afiqah Mohd Farid
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