Semantic models of sound-driven design: Designing with listening in mind

Stefano Delle Monache (1) , Nicolas Misdariis (2) , Elif Özcan (1)

1 TU Delft - Delft University of Technology
2 STMS - Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son

Sound-driven design is a design practice informed by technology and listening in the multisensory dimension of interaction. An automated content analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews with sound designers, design researchers, engineers and expert users stressed the inherently embodied and situated conceptualisation of sound, and how it relates to their professional activity. The four categories of professionals bring in different designerly orientations towards sound. Listening, as a way of knowing by using sound in interaction, proves to be the red thread between the participants' semantic models. Overall, the findings contribute to characterise the concept of sound in current design practices, and position the role of nonverbal, yet auditory representations in the design process.

Mots clés: design research design knowledge interdisciplinarity sound-driven design; design research; design knowledge; interdisciplinarity; sound-driven design

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Sciences cognitives

Stefano Delle Monache, Nicolas Misdariis, Elif Özcan. Semantic models of sound-driven design: Designing with listening in mind. Design Studies, 2022, 83, ⟨10.1016/j.destud.2022.101134⟩. ⟨hal-04047887⟩