WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO HAVE AN “EXPERIENCE”?

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen define UX as the interaction between users and a company's offerings. At the same time, philosophical perspectives like Gadamer's hermeneutics and Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology highlight the more profound, embodied, and interpretive nature of these experiences. Cases like the Tinder Swindler underscore the real-life consequences of design, emphasizing Sjors Timmer's call to consider past impacts when shaping future projects.