Signifiers, Not Affordance

We should pay attention to our design principles. We need new priniciples.

Affordance

It's used to refer
to a relationship: the actions
possible by a specific agent on a
specific environment.

We must provide signifiers,
not affordances.

Times and technologies have changed.

Signifier

Social signifiers

They are those that are relevant to social usages.
Signifying social activity
or appropriate social behavior

Incidental:
When the signifier expresses something that was not necessarily meant to be conveyed

Deliverated:
When the signifier is placed on purpose to express a specific message.

It is really important in the society, people are always looking for clues (signifiers), so we must try to facilitate with these ones.

It's an indicator which can be
interpreted meaningfully.