The Etymology of Design: Pre-Socratic Perspective

Terzidis, Kostas

doi:10.1162/desi.2007.23.4.69

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“…The Czech philosopher further notes that word design derives from the Latin 'signum' which corresponds to the English 'sign' which refers to 'something that conveys information or instruction' (a mark, a trace, an indication, or a signature). As noted by Terzidis (2007), the prefix de is used not in the derogatory sense of opposition or reversal, but in the constructive sense of derivation, deduction or inference (pg. 69).…”

Section: Design Conjuring and De-signmentioning

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The problem of de-sign as conjuring

Storni

2014

Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference on Research Papers - PDC '14

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In this paper, I articulate a critique of design as conjuring (design as de-sign) and I argue that it is incompatible with the idea of user empowerment. In particular, I discuss the idea of empowerment-in-use and I highlight the role of design seams and scars in supporting it through appropriation and design-after-design. To support this argument, I draw on some recent contributions in Participatory Design (PD), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), New Media Studies, and Science and Technology Studies (STS), and I discuss three illustrative case studies from the area of digital Do-it-Yourself (DIY). I argue that restoring the sign in de-sign through design seams and scars can be a way to explore different forms and perhaps deeper levels of critical engagement and participation supporting empowerment.

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Section: Design Conjuring and De-signmentioning

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The problem of de-sign as conjuring

Storni

2014

Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference on Research Papers - PDC '14

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“…Definitions of IT design Etymologically, design is derived from the Latin words de and signare which together means to designate, assign or mark out something (Krippendorff, 1989;Terzidis, 2007), e.g. to shape, make sense of and give meaning to things (Heskett, 2003;Norman & Verganti, 2014).…”

Section: It Designmentioning

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Why is it difficult to design innovative IT? : An agential realist study of designing IT for healthcare innovation

Wassrin

2018

FiF-avhandling - Filosofiska Fakulteten – Linköpings Universitet

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“…And, operates within the etymological realm of the verb "design" wherein, through its Latin and Greek roots, a productive tension between precision and incompleteness is negotiated in service of that which is elusive. 14 By extension, if the default characteristics of "the cartographic" tend toward the illustrative and measured, then "mapping" the unfolded shoreline is, at its core, a projective exercise. 16 The process of data selection, diagraming and synthesis define the ambition to abstract data and teach us to see differently.…”

Section: Unfolded Shorelinementioning

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Liquid Lines: Synthesizing Perception and Precision

Maigret¹,

Alarcón²

2016

Cross Americas: Probing Disglobal Networks- Papers

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For the designer, imagination travels in the line. Lines can redraw the present, defy conventions, recast new orders and shape the future. Lines establish territorial boundaries, communicate written language and construction intentions yet lines are also fluid. When experienced in the world, lines can be ephemeral and dynamic and inspire a methodological interplay between perception and precision. In this regard, lines are liquid. Conversely, when liquid is represented through the act of drawing lines, a similarly incomplete view is formed. It is within these gaps between time and matter or certainty and precision, that lines can reveal opportunities for design. By slipping into a mindset that crosses, tests, traces and inhabits lines, then the limits of what is “in” or “out” and “here” versus “there” melt away. Instead, this paper positions an attitude toward design that revels in contingency and speculates on the temporal and material qualities that make architecture a thriving component of the dynamic, built environment. To illustrate these ambitions, this paper revisits the lost disciplinary legacy of the term disegno and explores contemporary ideas emerging from the consideration of “atmosphere” in the formulation of architectural ideas. Three projects illustrate this proposition and draw “liquid lines” to produce conditions of “both and” by practicing expanded perception and dynamic precision.

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The Etymology of Design: Pre-Socratic Perspective

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The problem of de-sign as conjuring

The problem of de-sign as conjuring

Why is it difficult to design innovative IT? : An agential realist study of designing IT for healthcare innovation

Liquid Lines: Synthesizing Perception and Precision

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