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    This document summarizes a 1984 journal article by Klaus Krippendorff and Reinhart Butter about product semantics, which explores how the forms of products convey symbolic meanings to users beyond their functional usage. The article discusses how products participate in communication processes and influence perceptions through their designs. It also introduces the concept of the "semantic triangle" to understand how meanings are constructed in the relationship between forms, users, and the contexts in which products are experienced.

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    University of Pennsylvania

    ScholarlyCommons
    Departmental Papers (ASC) Annenberg School for Communication

    3-21-1984

    Product Semantics: Exploring the Symbolic


    Qualities of Form
    Klaus Krippendorff
    University of Pennsylvania, kkrippendorff@asc.upenn.edu

    Reinhart Butter
    Ohio State University

    Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers


    Part of the Communication Commons

    Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE)


    English version:
    Krippendorff, K., & Butter, R (1984). Product semantics: Exploring the symbolic qualities of form. Innovation, 3(2), 4-9. Retrieved
    from http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/40

    Japanese version:
    Krippendorff, K., & Butter, R. (1987). Product semantics: Exploring the symbolic qualities of form. Industrial Design, 139-140, 10-13.
    Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/40

    This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/40


    For more information, please contact libraryrepository@pobox.upenn.edu.
    Product Semantics: Exploring the Symbolic Qualities of Form
    Keywords
    semantic triangle, communication process, product semantics in the design and use of artifacts

    Disciplines
    Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences

    This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/40

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