The Dark Side of User Interface Design

Ariel Guersenzvaig, Essay, expanding design practices, No Density, Rosa Llop, Technology and fabrication

Cultural agitator, Design, Designer’s role, Digital design, Digital era, Essay, Ethics, Global Awareness, Interfaces, New paradigms, Philosophy, Social culture, Technology, User’s experience

With the appearance of the first graphic interfaces, the notion of “interface” came to be associated with the idea of a “window”. All operating systems began to facilitate interaction through manipulable frames and, in no time at all, the metaphor of the interface as a “window to the world” was popularised. While the allegories of the desktop, folders and the recycle bin are still valid, the metaphors used for graphic interfaces are being brought into question.