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The design language: Phase and levels

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Design language as a theme for discussion may be examined from at least three aspects: its structure: its terminology and its phases and levels of development. An agreed and precise terminology in the field of Design, is desirable for communication, understanding and teaching. It can also unfold the subtle structure of that language.

However, many studies of the phases and levels of design language have been undertaken, but often from the artistic, humanistic and scientific points of view, rather then the designistic perspective.

In this article we outline the basis of a designistic analysis and classification of children's and adults' design language.

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  1. Luiz Vidal Negroeiros Gomes
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  2. L. S. Medeiros
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Luiz Vidal Negreiros Gomes, Lecturer of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil at the the Department of Methods and Technics in Education and at the Department of Design, and L.S. Medeiros, a freelance researcher.

Correspondence to: Avenida Copacabana, 474/303 A, Piedade, Jaboatäo, Pernambuco, Brazil CEP 54410-250

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Gomes, L.V.N., Medeiros, L.S. The design language: Phase and levels. Int J Technol Des Educ 3, 35–40 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454395

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