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3 button designs that changed history

A simple button… that should be pretty easy to design, right? Well, as you will see, that’s not exactly the case. Even a simple button can prove to be a massive design challenge. The 3 examples below will show that the knowledge required to design buttons in the correct way has remained stable across 3 decades. And that’s the encouraging take-home point for you; the timeless knowledge you gain through taking IDF courses will help your career for many decades to come! ***  Copywrite content from -  https://www.interaction-design.org/ *** Button 1 (late 1970s): Press here to avoid a nuclear catastrophe! We’ll start with an example from back in 1979. The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in Pennsylvania, United States. It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history and was rated a “5” on the 7-point International Nuclear Event Scale. The following image shows the control room and the wealth of butto