THE IRREDUCIBLE ARTIFACT

IN SEARCH OF NEW IDEALS FOR INTERFACE DESIGN

Authors

  • Fernando Secomandi Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial / Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Fernando Secomandi UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22570/ergodesignhci.v3i1.24

Abstract

The ideal of transparency in interface design is questioned on basis of postphenomenological studies in the field of philosophy of technology. It is argued that technologies establish several types of user relations, without ever becoming completely transparent to human experience. A study of the iPhone gives the analysis empirical suport.

Published

2015-06-30