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Signifiers In Visualization

Signifiers in Data Visualization    

I was introduced to the concept of signifiers and affordances by Don Norman’s book, “The Design of Everyday Things”. Though this post is about signifiers, it is important to start with affordances as they go hand-in-hand. What are affordances? The term affordance was coined by James Gibson (1977, 1978) and concept originates from ecological psychology.…

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