Gunther is a colleague and is deeply concerned with design, in the context of the social semiotics he pioneered with Theo Van Leeuwen, and methods of multimodal analysis with Carey Jewitt. I haven't written a paper about his work but several of my students are applying his ideas to analyse things like wayfinding systems, construction sites, and schools. I did publish an interview with him which I hope gives a simple introduction to his work:
http://www.exhibitresearch.com/cms/?q=node/1241
I would also recommend his book with Theo, Multimodal Discourse, which addresses design directly.
kevin
On 2 Nov 2011, at 03:13, CHUA Soo Meng Jude (PLS) wrote:
> Does anyone here read Gunther Kress and if you would like to discuss his ideas?
> He has a few very interesting ideas about semiotics and the desigining and re-designing of language.
> Kress talks about child misusing words, who says that the hill he is climbing is "heavy" when in fact we would say steep. But rather than criticize or correct the child, we can appreciate that the little boy is simply re-organizing and re-shaping--designing--his linguistic resources.
> In some sense I feel he connects up with what James March has been doing lately: developing new interpretations of Don Quixote and other classics. There's the shaping of texts and representations.
> Question to ask is how all this connects up with larger issues of design, say of social structures or even things, etc. If you have written a paper on this, don't hesitate to send a link to it.
> Jude
> National Institute of Education (Singapore) http://www.nie.edu.sg
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