Information design aspects of a semiotic software

Authors

  • Marcel Pereira Pauluk UFPR
  • André Luiz Battaiola UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v2i1.16

Keywords:

semiotics, information design, software

Abstract

SignType – Assisted Semiotic Typifier for Phenomenological Data – is a simultaneously didactic and
applicable software. Its mains goals are: (1) scientific capacitation of researchers and scholars from various
knowledge areas on the methodology of Peircean semiotic classification; and (2) transformation of
phenomenological input (impressionistic descriptions) into semiotic output (kinds of sign), optimizing the use of
the scientific potential of semiotics by the user. Part of the work carried on this optimization comes from the
information design project developed for this application. In this paper, graphic models that aims to represent
concepts and other theoretical aspects of Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics are analysed. Their key characteristics
are customizability (permits certain information to be seen or not under diverse hierarchy criteria), alterability
(being interchangeable for other models) and modularization (making comparisons between ongoing
classifications easier).

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Author Biographies

Marcel Pereira Pauluk, UFPR

Marcel P. Pauluk é mestre em Comunicação e Semiótica pela PUC-SP, professor do DDesign-
UFPR, vice-líder do Grupo de Pesquisa & Desenvolvimento em Design e pesquisador associado
ao Núcleo de Design & Sustentabilidade e ao Laboratório de Animação Interativa. Desenvolve
pesquisas em semiótica, design da informação e design gráfico sustentável.

André Luiz Battaiola, UFPR

André L. Battaiola é pós-doutor pela Universidade de Wisconsin (EUA), professor do DDesign-
UFPR, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa & Desenvolvimento em Design e coordenador do LAI -
Laboratório de Animação Interativa, implementado com auxílio do CNPq. Pesquisa o
desenvolvimento de jogos de computador educacionais.

Published

2010-09-15

How to Cite

Pauluk, M. P., & Battaiola, A. L. (2010). Information design aspects of a semiotic software. InfoDesign - Brazilian Journal of Information Design, 2(1), 24–33. https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v2i1.16

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