Some Thoughts on Terminology and Discipline in Design

SALUSTRI, Filippo A and ROGERS, Damian (2009). Some Thoughts on Terminology and Discipline in Design. In: Undisciplined! Design Research Society Conference 2008, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 16-19 July 2008.

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Abstract

In this speculative paper, I will argue that the design community should attempt to develop a “dictionary” of the language of design, along the same lines as the Oxford English Dictionary was and is developed: as a catalogue of the living use of terms. I will sketch an outline of how such a project could be started quite easily with modern technologies. I will then consider one word in particular – “discipline” – as an example of the need for such a dictionary, by examining the various senses of the word and how even just reflecting on that can illuminate issues of clear communications.

Keywords:
Terminology; Lexicography; Semantics; Dictionary; Communication; Language.

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