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Rhetorical tools for discovery and amplification of design arguments…
Rhetorical tools for discovery and amplification of design arguments
A design process can be defined as a deliberative process about how to design persuasive artifacts
deliberative rhetoric
seeking to persuade an audience about what to do
it enables the designer to judge the
progress of work at each stage and persuade colleagues and clients that a particular design is effective in a given situation
Topoi as Means of Amplification
they may be used in concrete design practice to strengthen
design processes and arguments is needed
is the Greek word for place
how general (konoi topoi)
specific (idia topoi)
topoi primarily in relation to the invention of arguments
invention of arguments
judgment of their validity
Amplificatio
as a strategy of inquiry that designers can use to strengthen their design deliberation and design arguments
the act of amplifying ideas, content, and arguments to make them forceful
Circumstance topoi: place (topos), time (khronos), way
(tropos), person (prosopon), cause (aition), act (pragma)
Parallel topoi are: comparison (parabole), example (paradeigma), minor (mikroteron), greater (meizôn), equal (isos), opposite (enantion)
The Problem of Design Method Validation
There is no one that applies to every design problem
made for people, and their environments
Perspective
Designing Methods from Topoi
To exemplify, topoi may be used for turning an abstract method into a concrete practice of designing methods
Act (pragma)
Way (tropos)
Place (topos)
Person (prosopon)
Cause (aition)