Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic Paradigm
In this paper, after a brief historical overview, we will make a programmatic and paradigmatic comparison through analogy, between cartography and design. These two subjects both share three fundamental characteristics: a captivating appearance, usefulness, and also are ubiquitous in everyday life....
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2014-06-01
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| description | In this paper, after a brief historical overview, we will make a programmatic and paradigmatic comparison through analogy, between cartography and design. These two subjects both share three fundamental characteristics: a captivating appearance, usefulness, and also are ubiquitous in everyday life. This is particularly evident nowadays in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets that are featured with a touchscreen technology. The paradigmaticity of such a comparison stands in the planning, and organizational quality, common to the two above mentioned subject areas. We will maintain that such a quality creates new aesthetics horizons, made possible as a result of great usability, functionality and interactivity. These features are achieved through the interdisciplinary cooperation between a careful design activity and a formal organization of symbols. These materialize into what we claim to be the «pass key» to this new kind of aesthetic experience rooted in the everyday and marked by immediacy: the interface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4fa2c1c2aef4a808864792fa86916af2022-12-22T00:35:11ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662014-06-0171637210.13128/Aisthesis-1461112393Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic ParadigmGioia Laura IannilliIn this paper, after a brief historical overview, we will make a programmatic and paradigmatic comparison through analogy, between cartography and design. These two subjects both share three fundamental characteristics: a captivating appearance, usefulness, and also are ubiquitous in everyday life. This is particularly evident nowadays in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets that are featured with a touchscreen technology. The paradigmaticity of such a comparison stands in the planning, and organizational quality, common to the two above mentioned subject areas. We will maintain that such a quality creates new aesthetics horizons, made possible as a result of great usability, functionality and interactivity. These features are achieved through the interdisciplinary cooperation between a careful design activity and a formal organization of symbols. These materialize into what we claim to be the «pass key» to this new kind of aesthetic experience rooted in the everyday and marked by immediacy: the interface.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/14611everyday objectscartographydesigninterfacesaesthechnics |
| spellingShingle | Gioia Laura Iannilli Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic Paradigm Aisthesis everyday objects cartography design interfaces aesthechnics |
| title | Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic Paradigm |
| title_full | Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic Paradigm |
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| title_short | Inter-facing Everydayness. From Distance to Use, Through the Cartographic Paradigm |
| title_sort | inter facing everydayness from distance to use through the cartographic paradigm |
| topic | everyday objects cartography design interfaces aesthechnics |
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