The Logic of Design Process : : Invention and Discovery in Light of the Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce / / Tiago da Costa e Silva.

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• VerfasserIn: da Costa e Silva, Tiago,
• MitwirkendeR: da Costa e Silva, Tiago,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Design ; 40
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)

What is the logic of the design process? Departing from this question and focusing on processes of invention and discovery, Tiago da Costa e Silva investigates the characteristic feature of every projective activity, for instance, in architecture, design, engineering design, and in the arts. In opposition to predominant views that understand design processes as mechanical, this study with the help of the semiotics of Charles S. Peirce characterizes design activities as a continuous and serendipitous interplay of processes of aesthetic experience, of defining rules, and of manifesting forms. Da Costa e Silva concludes that invention and discovery are intrinsic to every development in any given design context.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE. FLOWING STREAMS AND UNFOLDING PROJECTIONS -- On the Intrinsic Processuality of Design Process -- Research Problems and the main Hypothesis of the Present Inquiry -- PART TWO. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A PROBLEMATIC TRADITION: THE PARADIGMATIC RIGIDITY ENCAPSULATED IN THE CURRENT DISCOURSES OF DESIGN PROCESS -- Psychological Foundations: Creativity, Invention, Association, and Problem Solving -- The Traditional Bases of Design Process: Invention, Discovery, and Creativity According to Modern Psychological Investigations -- PART THREE. A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SEMIOTICS: FROM THE PASTICHE OF SIGN THEORIES TO A CLARIFIED PROCESSUALITY OF DESIGN PROCESS IN LIGHT CHARLES S. PEIRCE'S SEMIOTICS -- A Problematic Tradition: Sign Theories in the Context of Design Process -- The Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce in the Context of a Philosophical Architecture -- Detailed Review of Peirce's Semiotics: Semiosis, Interpretation, and Pragmatic Operation -- Design Process in Light of Semiotics: Symbiotic Operations Inherent to the Semiosis of Design Process -- List of Figures -- Bibliographical References