“Design Feeling” and Neo-Transitional Objects

Designer objects fraught with meaning counterbalance uncertainty in the digitally dependent reality

by Stefano Caggiano Everyday objects shape our lives into cognitive patterns. Often, however, these objects are ill-designed. Design thinking is then called in to untangle the not-always-coherent running of our object-related routines. However important, this design thinking—or making user-experience more seamless—cannot solve all problems. The greater meaning of an object experience has at least as much importance as the function in the perceived quality of …