Don Norman expains affordances

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This video was made in 1994, but it is still very relevant today. Norman explains what affordances are. Play affordances work the same. A toy is a 'thing' that has at least one play affordance (a way to play with the object). If a toy has at least one play affordance, it is a toy. If it hasn't got play affordance, it isn't a toy. It would sound logical that a toy with more play affordances is a better toy, but it is not proved yet. I would like to find out if more play affordances correlates with better toys. I think this would be a good subject to write my supportive narrative about.


Affordances can be different depending on how big you are. A chair affordance sitting for adults, but when you are 3 years old, you're way smaller and a chair would be more interesting to climb and stand on (ofcourse sitting will still be an affordance as well).

http://rethinkingchildhood.com/2012/01/30/affordance/