Multimodal Semiotics and Collaborative Design
Multimodal Semiotics and Collaborative Design
Multimodal Semiotics and Collaborative Design
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(Rank-scale/<br />
EXPERIENTIAL /<br />
INTERPERSONAL /<br />
TEXTUAL /<br />
Functions)<br />
REPRESENTATIONAL<br />
ORIENTATIONAL<br />
ORGANIZATIONAL<br />
SIM AS<br />
VIRTUAL PLACE<br />
(Building)<br />
Practical Functions:<br />
(research/education/contentsharing/communitybuilding)<br />
Imagined use-contexts<br />
Public/Private Spaces<br />
Entry Point<br />
Map/Layout<br />
Flow of Movement<br />
(Open or Closed spaces)<br />
Functional <strong>and</strong> nonfunctional<br />
areas<br />
Orientation<br />
(Genius Loci)<br />
Genre <strong>and</strong> Style<br />
Metaphoricity<br />
Social Presence<br />
Size <strong>and</strong> Ratio (Avatars in Virtual<br />
Space)<br />
Direction: Verticality<br />
Mood<br />
Modality<br />
Color<br />
Cues for Navigation/Orientation<br />
Field of Vision / Visibility<br />
Intertextuality<br />
(reference/mimicry/contrast)<br />
Modes as textual elements<br />
Textures <strong>and</strong> colors<br />
Light <strong>and</strong> shadows<br />
Opacity/Visibility<br />
Rhythm <strong>and</strong> contrast in<br />
shapes <strong>and</strong> forms –<br />
Division/organization of<br />
space<br />
Open/closed spaces<br />
Relation to environment<br />
Relation to neighbors<br />
ELEVATIONS &<br />
DIVISIONS<br />
(Floor)<br />
Sub-functions<br />
Access<br />
Functional elevations<br />
Movements between levels<br />
Height<br />
Spaciousness<br />
Materials/Texture<br />
Separation of Groups (Privacy)<br />
Visibility / Accessibility<br />
Visual Links between floors/areas<br />
Elevations in relation to<br />
each other<br />
Elevations in relation to<br />
ground-plane<br />
Color <strong>and</strong> texture<br />
Degree <strong>and</strong> permanence of<br />
spatial Organization<br />
INTERACTION<br />
SPACES<br />
(Room)<br />
Functions of specific places<br />
Types of interaction (userobject,<br />
user-user)<br />
Type of places (activity,<br />
community or content<br />
oriented)<br />
Modality<br />
Color<br />
Foregrounding of functions<br />
Orientation<br />
Social Presence<br />
Setting/layout<br />
Scale<br />
Open/closed spaces<br />
Relation to outside <strong>and</strong><br />
other spaces<br />
Spatial connectors<br />
Focus of attention<br />
Style<br />
Interactivity<br />
Modality<br />
Structural elements<br />
ARTIFACTS<br />
(Element)<br />
Functions of virtual objects:<br />
Providing information<br />
Social interaction<br />
Color<br />
Relevance to environment<br />
Affordances<br />
(prims)<br />
Textures/maps<br />
Scripts <strong>and</strong> Animations<br />
Decoration<br />
Stylistic coherence<br />
Positioning<br />
Interactivity<br />
Modality<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Information as texture<br />
Functions of surfaces<br />
Relevance<br />
SURFACES<br />
Placement of surfaces<br />
Types of information: (still Affordances<br />
(Element)<br />
Interaction with surfaces<br />
image, animation/video, Stylistic coherence<br />
Table 8.1. Systems <strong>and</strong> functions in design of virtual places <strong>and</strong> artifacts<br />
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