“Metaphors are assistive devices for understanding.”
“A screen doesn’t care what it shows any more than a sheet of paper cares what’s printed on it. Screens are aesthetically neutral.”
“Web and interaction design are just as much children of filmmaking as they are of graphic design.”
“A designer’s work is not only about how the things look, but also their behaviors in response to interaction, and the adjustments they make between their fixed states.”
— Frank Chimero, What Screens Want
A while ago I read Frank Chimero’s What Screens Want. Here are some quotes that stood out to me while I was reading that I wanted to jot down.