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Using a Signifier as a Unifying Element in the System Design of a Table Setting
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Cakan, Ufuk
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
Abstract
The market is saturated with uninteresting products competing for our attention. The challenge for designers is to create a product which rises above the others. The signifier is a critical element of any functional product design. It provides hints as to how a consumer can interact with an object, inviting them to engage in an exploration of the product. This thesis explores how a signifier can be used both as an appealing component of a table setting and as the primary unifying element of the setting. The creative use of the design element can produce a product line which can successfully compete against more mundane competitors.
Committee
Craig Vogel, M.I.D. (Committee Chair)
Gerald Michaud, M.A. (Committee Member)
Katie Parker (Committee Member)
Pages
21 p.
Subject Headings
Design
Keywords
Signifiers
;
Affordances
;
Consumer-Product Interaction
;
Emotional Functionality
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Cakan, U. (2018).
Using a Signifier as a Unifying Element in the System Design of a Table Setting
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535702842236079
APA Style (7th edition)
Cakan, Ufuk.
Using a Signifier as a Unifying Element in the System Design of a Table Setting.
2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535702842236079.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Cakan, Ufuk. "Using a Signifier as a Unifying Element in the System Design of a Table Setting." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535702842236079
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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