Design as communication: exploring the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation Export

@article{citeulike:3175142, abstract = {The relationship between how designers intend products to be interpreted and how they are subsequently interpreted has often been represented as a process of communication. However, such representations are attacked for allegedly implying that designers' intended meanings are somehow [`]contained' in products and that those meanings are passively received by consumers. Instead, critics argue that consumers actively construct their own meanings as they engage with products, and therefore that designers' intentions are not relevant to this process. In contrast, this article asserts the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation by exploring the nature of that relationship in design practice and consumer response. Communicative perspectives on design are thereby defended and new avenues of empirical enquiry are proposed.}, author = {Crilly, Nathan and Good, David and Matravers, Derek and Clarkson, John P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3175142}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2008.05.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0142694X08000483}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2K-4T1SFMG-1/2/faf684b6f864d268e959aa8df716c7c8}, doi = {10.1016/j.destud.2008.05.002}, journal = {Design Studies}, keywords = {design-process, discourse}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {425--457}, posted-at = {2008-09-03 20:04:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Design as communication: exploring the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2008.05.002}, volume = {29}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3175142 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3175142 N2 - The relationship between how designers intend products to be interpreted and how they are subsequently interpreted has often been represented as a process of communication. However, such representations are attacked for allegedly implying that designers' intended meanings are somehow [`]contained' in products and that those meanings are passively received by consumers. Instead, critics argue that consumers actively construct their own meanings as they engage with products, and therefore that designers' intentions are not relevant to this process. In contrast, this article asserts the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation by exploring the nature of that relationship in design practice and consumer response. Communicative perspectives on design are thereby defended and new avenues of empirical enquiry are proposed. IS - 5 JF - Design Studies EP - 457 TI - Design as communication: exploring the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation VL - 29 SP - 425 KW - design-process KW - discourse AU - Crilly, Nathan AU - Good, David AU - Matravers, Derek AU - Clarkson, John PY - 2008/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2008.05.002 ER -