Meaningful Design of Toys

Jesper Falck Legaard

doi:10.22059/jdt.2023.352811.1089

Meaningful Design of Toys

Bidragets oversatte titel: Meningsfuldt design af legetøj

Jesper Falck Legaard

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Design af objekter beregnet til oplevelser frem for blot tilfredsstillelse har længe været et populært emne for designforskning. Forståelse af meningsstrukturerne af objekter til glæde og 'excitement' giver relevante perspektiver i denne henseende for industrielle designere. Legetøj er som genstande for leg, relevante repræsentationer af denne kategori og kan være et inspirerende referencepunkt. Undersøgelsen udforsker mening i forhold til produktdesign med særligt fokus på legetøj, og udnytter de fem meningskategorier som ramme for udfoldelse af meningsstrukturer. Formålet med undersøgelsen er at forklare, hvordan meningsstrukturer kan undersøges og designes til, især (men ikke udelukkende) i forhold til legetøj. Undersøgelsen peger på, at design baseret på meningsstrukturer frem for f.eks. sprudlende designæstetik kan føre til mere meningsfulde oplevelser af fordybelse og en udforskning af 'wonder'. Artiklen har endvidere til formål at demonstrere, hvordan design af legetøj – og andre genstande beregnet til glæde og 'excitement' – (til en vis grad) skal forholde sig til 'wonder', hvilket kan understøttes af et fokus på meningsstrukturer.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Meningsfuldt design af legetøj
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	journal of design thinking
Vol/bind	4
ISSN	2717-1183
DOI	https://doi.org/10.22059/jdt.2023.352811.1089
Status	Udgivet - 2023

Emneord

Design
Mening
legetøj
Leg

Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed (KUV)

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Adgang til dokumentet

10.22059/jdt.2023.352811.1089

https://jdt.ut.ac.ir/article_91020.html

Citationsformater

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