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Defining authenticity in product design

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Summary, in English

Now, more than ever, we are told that 'authenticity' is an added value that customers want. The objective of this study is to determine what kind of authenticity is relevant to design, and whether it can be used as a standardised procedure to improve product design. In this study industrial designers were interviewed about their views on authenticity. The paper represents the combined result of a literature review and designer interviews about authenticity. Understanding the concept of authenticity, from a product development and industrial design point of view, is seen as an important way to understand how value relevant to customers may be added to products. Once products are on the market, authenticity can be seen as one of the factors that can determine their success or failure. Though authenticity may not necessarily be a guaranteed determinant of market success, it may well determine market failure. The ambiguousness of the concept of authenticity, however, suggests that a standardised procedure to secure the presence of authenticity within industrial design and product development may be an inadequate course of action.

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Publishing year

2016-08-22

Language

English

Pages

117-143

Publication/Series

International Journal of Product Development

Volume

21

Issue

2-3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Topic

  • Engineering and Technology

Keywords

  • Product Authenticity
  • Product Development
  • Authentic Design
  • Genuine Prodicts

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1477-9056