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A sign is communication. A sign is something that represents something. Are products signs? Signs are objects or events whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else. Do products communicate? If our designs do not communicate then they may not be adequate solutions. In product design, if there is no ‘sign’ then has the designer failed? A designed object or system needs to express purpose. We are all familiar with exit signs in buildings that directs us to a door. The exit sign is real, but the exit sign points to a greater reality, which is the doorway where one exits the building. This paper will explore the reality of user experience in product design as a greater reality.
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Bartlett, R.N. (2021). De-sign a Greater Reality. In: Shin, C.S., Di Bucchianico, G., Fukuda, S., Ghim , YG., Montagna, G., Carvalho, C. (eds) Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_27
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