De-scribing Design: Appropriating Script Analysis to Design History.

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  • Author(s): Fallan, Kjetil
  • Source:
    Design Issues. Autumn2008, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p61-75. 15p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      MEANING (Philosophy); MANUFACTURED products; COMMERCIAL products; SYMBOLISM; HISTORY of design; SOCIAL context
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the application of script analysis to design history. Script analysis is described, noting its consideration of a designer's intended purpose for a given item. The analysis of a product's functional characteristics, aesthetic features, and intended meaning in a social context is discussed. The application of these considerations to a critical study of a product's intended and actual social function and identity is presented as the central facet of undertaking design history through the framework of script analysis.