This paper explores theoretical issues in ergonomics related to semantics and the emotional
content of design. The aim is to find answers to the following questions: how to design …

The design literature contains many diagrammatic models that represent the relationship
between how designers intend artefacts to be experienced and how they are subsequently …

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 …

This paper discusses consumer response to product visual form within the context of an
integrated conceptual framework. Emphasis is placed on the aesthetic, semantic and …

On the Essential Contexts of Artifacts or on the Proposition That "Design Is Making Sense (Of
Things)" Page 1 Klaus Krippendorff On the Essential Contexts of Artifacts or on the Proposition …

Brands are everywhere: in the air, on the high-street, in the kitchen, on television and,
maybe even on your feet. But what are they? The brand, that point of connection between …

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital
cameras transform our daily lives? The Design of Everyday Life considers this question in …

Treating the symptoms of global ecological stress isn't enough; we need to think about
sustainability in an entirely different light The developed world, increasingly aware of" …

During the 1990s design, too, was swept up by globalization as it took rapid hold on the Asia–
Europe–America axis. Asian corporations from Japan and Taiwan recognized very early on …

" Be creative!" In der Gegenwartsgesellschaft haben sich die Anforderung und der Wunsch,
kreativ zu sein und schöpferisch Neues hervorzubringen, in ungewöhnlichem Maße …