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Speaking Metaphorically in Product Design
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Rosenzweig, Kristen Tanya
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Year and Degree
2007, MDes, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Design.
Abstract
This thesis focuses on communicating messages through product design. As background, an explanation of the existence of design language is given and design language elements are defined using semiotics. A design language element communication disk is introduced to show the seven forms the elements can communicate. The second part of the thesis focuses on how people cognitively classify information. Metaphors are introduced as a type of cognitive classification and an effective way to communicate through product design. The final part of the thesis incorporates the design language element communication disk from the first part of the thesis with the cognitive classification information from the second part to provide a design research methodology. The methodology enables the designer to discover a metaphor that resonates with the user, understand how the user cognitively classifies the metaphor, and then organize the attributes and design language elements to communicate effectively through the product design.
Committee
Sooshin Choi (Advisor)
Pages
131 p.
Subject Headings
Design and Decorative Arts
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Rosenzweig, K. T. (2007).
Speaking Metaphorically in Product Design
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186673073
APA Style (7th edition)
Rosenzweig, Kristen.
Speaking Metaphorically in Product Design.
2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186673073.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Rosenzweig, Kristen. "Speaking Metaphorically in Product Design." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186673073
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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