Affordances & Signifiers — Roadmap Step & Resources
What an element suggests you can do with it, and how design communicates that clearly
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: UX Design
Before this step
Interview questions
- What's the difference between an affordance and a signifier, and why does the distinction matter?
Study resources
- Affordances and Signifiers (Article) — Nielsen Norman Group's classic article by Don Norman clarifying affordances vs signifiers.
- Affordances and Signifiers Explained (Video) — Covers designing controls that visually communicate how to use them.
Part of
- Interaction Design — section
- UX Design roadmap — the full learning path