%0 Book Section %1 inbook %A Ihde, Don %A Kroes, Peter %A Vermaas, Pieter %A Light, Andrew %A Moore, Steven %D 2008 %K design designer fallacy philosophy theory %P 51-59 %R 10.1007/978-1-4020-6591-0_4 %T The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6591-0_4 %X Most literary critics have abandoned the notion that the meaning of a text lies in the intention of the author and have called this the “intentional fallacy.” I hold that there is a parallel found in many interpretations of technology design and call it the “designer fallacy.” This chapter, through examining a wide series of historical technology designs, deconstructs the utility of a simple designer-plastic material-ultimate use model and suggests that one must take into account unintended uses and consequences, the constraints and potentials of materiality, and cultural contexts, which often are complex and multistable. I outline a complex, interactive account of design interpretation. %@ 978-1-4020-6590-3

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