Anthology
50 Years of the theory of Produktsprache
≈ Product Language
≈ Product Semantics
≈ Design Language
2021 Summary of designtheory as verbalization-of-product-language and as visualization-of-verbal-language.
Designtheory
Designtheory 1.0
HPI
Designtheory 2.0
HCI
A summary by Gros, J.
Stilwandel unter MitSprache des Design
Review of the Development and Use of the Theory of Product Language
in:
Der Offenbacher Ansatz
Zur Theorie der Produktsprache,
Thilo Schwer, Kai Vöckler (Hg.)
Open Access German PDF
What is design specific in Human Product Interaction?
DESIGN LANGUAGE
What is design specific in Human Computer Interaction?
SIGN LANGUAGE
Approaches
to a theory of Sign Language
≈ Icon Language
≈ Emoji Language
≈ Visual Writng
HCNCPI
Computer Numeric Controlled Production
„Ornament“
embodied in architecture and product design.
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1.THESIS: Although the computer already masters and transmits all verbal and alphabetic languages, its specific, its authentic, its fundamentally new potential is not English, German or Chinese, but sign language. Thus, one could almost say in general: The usability of digital technology also depends on a linguistically still underdeveloped pictorial sign language.
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2.With sign language as its specific subject, design theory calls for research projects in the field of pictograms, icons and emojis with regard to the evolution, the developing and use of a virtually global visual language that combines the respective advances of pictograms, icons, and, last but not least, emojis.
As of 2022, this idea will only be continued at