The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design

by Klaus H. Krippendorff

Responding to cultural demands for meaning, user-friendliness, and fun as well as the opportunities of the emerging information society, The Semantic Turn boldly outlines a new science for design that gives designers previously unavailable grounds on which to state their claims and validate their designs. It sets the stage by reviewing the history of semantic concerns in design, presenting their philosophical roots, examining the new social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415322200
• ISBN13: 9780415322201
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"