can metaphor be interactive?
August 17, 2009 at 5:48 pm | In creative | 2 CommentsTags: communication, interaction, metaphor, speedometer
I don’t know whether i have articulated the heading properly, but the idea is “can we design metaphors which are interactive”. Here I am not trying to get into a core funda of interaction design of input-output, but trying to understand whether metaphors can be more communicative than interactive. Perhaps communication design is a proper word to describe it. But lets get to the point, recently i was watching a video of IXDA 2009 by Robert Fabricant from Frog Design, where i came across a really interesting example of sustainable speedometer. It is interesting to see how metaphor design can make a huge difference in communicating the concept.
I do not think i need to explain what is says. 
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hey this one is really nice example of dynamic communication design…actually this is dynamic over dynamic
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Comment by Arun — August 26, 2009 #
yes true, sometimes just a small image/source could tell which a whole video scenario could not describe. by the way, thats the charm of design no??
Comment by keyurbsorathia — August 26, 2009 #