Design is Storytelling Response (October 29)

I appreciated what I learned throughout Design is Storytelling, but from this reading, something that held my attention was the use of affordances in storytelling. This is something to which I had not previously given much thought. I see now that affordances are everywhere and invite interaction, whether intentionally or not. Affordances exist physically and digitally and can be used strategically as a part of storytelling and interaction with viewers or participants. Including affordances primes the viewer so that they interact with the story the way the designer or storyteller wants them to. This section of the reading gave terminology and a meaning to something I had not previously been able to articulate.