A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
“A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities.” – this quote made me think of how I’ve always thought of tools as things that help us get stuff done, but I never really considered how they’re supposed to work with what we’re already capable of.
The author talks about how a good tool fits both sides: what we can do and what we want to do. But he mentions that most tech today is designed without really thinking about what people can physically do with their bodies, especially their hands. We’ve kind of reduced all interaction down to tapping on a screen, and we’ve just accepted that as a regular thing. But when we try building something physical, there’s a sense of control that I never feel when I’m just doing something digitally.
I also thought about how this idea connects to creativity. So many creative tools like musical instruments, or painting tools are great because they respond to human movement., but a lot of digital tools don’t really do that.