Digital Affordance.

let me first define what the term affordance is.

Do you know J.J Gibson ? He Coined the word Affordance.

From his theory of affordance, he defined affordance as

Clues about how an object should be used, typically provided by the object itself or its context.

The handle of a mug is shaped for easy grasping, so a mug affords to be picked up.

Affordance can also be explained as an Object’s sensory characteristics intuitively implying its functionality and use. i.e. The possibility of an action with an object without thinking too much or reading a user manual.

The possibility of pushing a button is its affordance.

Well, Over the past few decades, We tend to interact more with the objects around us even more than our fellow species.

We interact with a whole lotta of objects. Doors, Kitchen untensils(Gas Cookers), Quick Edge Knife Sharpener, Serverspoon, Pizza Cutter, Pots, Mugs.

These objects were invented to serve some particular purposes, however due to their properties(Shapes and features) they afford to be multipurpose based.

An object’s affordance is limited also to how much an individual can think in relation to his or her environment.

affordance refers…