To regard beauty as a stylistic after-thought is a flawed strategy. The phenomenon of human-digital technology interaction raises
the potential for captivation, enchantment and fascination
or frustration, distrust and doubt.
…the role of beauty in facilitating the engagement with digital complexity…
From:
All this useless beauty
Wallace, J. and Press, M. (2004) All this useless beauty. The Design Journal, Volume 7 Issue 2
http://homepage.mac.com/wallacejayne/abstract%20useless%20beauty.html
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