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THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING IN DESIGN-DRIVEN PROJECTS
Line Sand Knudsen, Louise Møller Haase
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Year:
2018
Editor:
Elies Dekoninck, Andrew Wodehouse, Chris Snider, Georgi Georgiev, Gaetano Cascini
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Series:
ICDC
Section:
THE CREATIVE MIND
Page(s):
207-214
ISBN:
9781912254071
Abstract:
The cornerstone in design-driven innovation is the creation of new meanings – the creation of a holistic, creative result meaningful to its users. However, despite an increasing interest in this field, the process of how meaning is constructed is still a neglected area in design and innovation management research. This paper explores how five Danish companies in diverse industries constructed new product meanings. The study indicates: that innovation of meaning starts from the designer’s personal experience with a paradox in an existing product-user relationship, that a vital part of meaning construction is the user’s experience of the product, and that meaning is constructed from a number of different frames.
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