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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krippendorff, Klaus (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Subjects:
Design > Philosophy.
Industrial design > Social aspects.
Design > Philosophie.
Design > Aspect social.
Design > Philosophy
Industrial design > Social aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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