The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for DesignResponding 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 designs. It sets the stage by reviewing the h |
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Contents
1 History and Aim | 1 |
2 Basic Concepts of Humancentered Design | 36 |
3 Meaning of Artifacts in Use | 71 |
4 Meaning of Artifacts in Language | 138 |
5 Meaning in the Lives of Artifacts | 166 |
6 Meaning in an Ecology of Artifacts | 180 |
7 Design Methods Research and a Science for Design | 192 |
8 Distantiations | 253 |
9 Roots in the Ulm School of Design? | 274 |
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Credits | 310 |
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About the Author | 334 |
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