Abstract
This paper explores carpet, an intergenerational product, that lives and ages with its users. An ethnographic study was conducted through participant observation and in-depth interviews to understand why carpet matters in Turkish homes. Exploring material culture of carpet unfolds its meaning as a signifier of culture in second-order semiological systems. Study finds carpet has socializing traits, is the maker of home, needs maintenance and can be an artwork or object. Examining a product's importance and emotional durability can enable new understandings of product meaning and sustainability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1011-1020 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Design Society |
| Volume | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
| Event | 17th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2022 - Virtual, Online, Croatia Duration: 23 May 2022 → 26 May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), 2022.
Funding
We would like to thank all the participants who shared their thoughts and stories and spent their valuable time for this research.
Keywords
- emotional durability
- material culture
- product design
- sustainability
- user-centred design