Applications of affordance and semantics in product design

@article{You2007ApplicationsOA,
  title={Applications of affordance and semantics in product design},
  author={Hsiao-Chen You and Kuohsiang Chen},
  journal={Design Studies},
  year={2007},
  volume={28},
  pages={23-38}
}
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