Keyte, J (2021) Material meaning: investigating how meaning is organised and interpreted in industrial design practice. In: [ _ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes. IASDR 2021, 5 - 9 December 2021, Hong Kong / online.
Abstract
This paper reviews a pilot interview method, intended to investigate what meaning making is in industrial design practice. It is the second part of a PhD study on how meaning is organised in industrial design practice, and after design, when the product has transitioned into the possession of a user. Key literature on design, meaning, and practice is considered, followed by a review of three semi-structured interviews with industrial designers, focused on discussing firstly a product they have designed, and secondly an object they own. The research takes a material centric approach, tracing the journey of the artefacts, rather than the designer. The artefacts become the focus for discussion of designers’ meaning making practices, and sketching is incorporated as an embodied method to get at a more layered, complex picture. Following the objects helps to ground reflection in the objects’ materiality, and dwell in the connections and relationships.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Note: | This paper was presented at the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021) and also published in the related proceedings. |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Design |
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| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2023 18:33 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2023 18:34 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15145 |
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