Product Meaning

Product Meaning is a semiotic construct within design anthropology and product semantics that denotes the culturally and contextually mediated significance attributed to a product through its form, function, and interaction, distinguishing it from mere technical or utilitarian attributes by encoding symbolic, social, and experiential values.

65

Publications

4.7K

Citations

116

Authors

69

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Authors

116

  1. CD
    Claudio Dell’Era

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    4 publications · 120 citations

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  2. PD
    Pieter Desmet

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 1K citations

    3

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  3. MH
    Michael Houston

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 551 citations

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  4. RV
    Roberto Verganti

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    3 publications · 95 citations

    3

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  5. SE
    Susan E. Heckler

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 534 citations

    2

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Venues

  1. ACR North American Advances

    5 publications · 217 citations

    5

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  2. Psychology and Marketing

    4 publications · 191 citations

    4

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  3. Design Issues

    3 publications · 369 citations

    3

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  4. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

    Repository · 2 publications · 1.1K citations

    2

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  5. Journal of Marketing

    JM · 2 publications · 534 citations

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