The Semantic Turn : a New Foundation for Design.
Responding to cultural demands for meaning, user-friendliness, and fun as well as the opportunities of the emerging information society, The Semantic Turn boldly outlines a new science for design that gives designers previously unavailable grounds on which to state their claims and validate their de...
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| Other title: | Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction and Overview; 1. History and Aim; 2. Basic Concepts of Human-centered Design; 3. Meaning of Artifacts in Use; 4. Meaning of Artifacts in Language; 5. Meaning in the Lives of Artifacts; 6. Meaning in an Ecology of Artifacts; 7. Design Methods, Research, and a Science for Design; 8. Distantiations; 9. Roots in the Ulm School of Design?; References; Credits; Index; About the Author.