Abstract
The lack of knowledge in the field of sound-driven design lags our educational efforts to teach BSc students about the role of sound in current design process methodologies. Teaching programs rarely include subjects dedicated to creating a coherent experience using data-to-sound strategies, sound informativeness, or the interactions that users have with product sounds. Understanding sound at the same level as other sensory cues prepares students to enrich the usability, attractiveness, and communicative qualities of products, services, and systems. This contribution aims to provide an integrative and multidisciplinary perspective of sound-driven design through the adaptation and application of the ‘Design Framework for Audible Alarms’ as a conceptual design tool in semiotics. The framework is exemplified through several design cases carried out in the sessions of the subject ‘Semiotics in design’ during two academic years, as part of the BSc in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering.
Keywords
sound-driven design; semiotics; design education; interaction design process and methods
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.855
Citation
Sanz-Segura, R., and Manchado-Pérez, E. (2024) Guiding design students to sound-driven design from the base camp of semiotics, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.855
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Guiding design students to sound-driven design from the base camp of semiotics
The lack of knowledge in the field of sound-driven design lags our educational efforts to teach BSc students about the role of sound in current design process methodologies. Teaching programs rarely include subjects dedicated to creating a coherent experience using data-to-sound strategies, sound informativeness, or the interactions that users have with product sounds. Understanding sound at the same level as other sensory cues prepares students to enrich the usability, attractiveness, and communicative qualities of products, services, and systems. This contribution aims to provide an integrative and multidisciplinary perspective of sound-driven design through the adaptation and application of the ‘Design Framework for Audible Alarms’ as a conceptual design tool in semiotics. The framework is exemplified through several design cases carried out in the sessions of the subject ‘Semiotics in design’ during two academic years, as part of the BSc in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering.