Are Memories an Interaction Design Problem?

Abstract

Digital transformation fosters the acceleration of the flow of information in relation to the instantaneous nature and speed of digital tools and poses a reflection on the construction of personal memory through the use of the content on digital media. They do not allow us to consolidate the memory and are neither designed around man’s intrinsic need for forgetting. The lack of permanence of objects and the increasing process of emptying one’s personal space generated by the inevitable digitization of contents shows how this detachment from material reality negatively affects our relationship with our memories. This research aims to understand how interaction design and cognition are tightly connected in memory-related interaction projects: on the one hand, by considering how poorly designed interfaces conspire against memory, and on the other hand, how memory processes themselves are adapting to the transformation imposed by new digital information tools.

Keywords

• interface
• interaction design
• digital
• oblivion
• timeline