A dialogue is a conversation between two or more entities regarding a particular topic for a purpose. As mentioned earlier, there are four groups which can be associated with that of a product among whom the dialogue happens
Designer – Designer
Designer – Product
Components of product
Product – Environment
Product – User
User – User
In the context of Architectural Hermeneutics, Snodgrass and Coyne discusses conditions for a dialogue to happen taking the reference definition of German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (Snodgrass & Coyne, 2006). The conditions are
Open minded
People have their own opinion
People having contradicting opinions
Should accept others point as worthy consideration
Regarding a particular topic
For a purpose
Examples of a Design Dialogue …show more content…
He thinks of an image and tries to craft it from the clay with his hands. But clay is stubborn; it has a nature of its own. It may not always accept the form the potter is trying to give to it. Clay continuously tries to communicate to potter by virtue of the shape it takes and sends signals to potter through his hands. Potter responds to it and continues to evolve the design of pot by manipulating the amount and direction of pressure he is applying in the making. Thus, both the designer and product have their own voices in a peculiar way and dialogue happens to form a final