Structural Pattern · BCI Lexicon
Design Encryption
The practice of embedding a brand's identifying marks into the structure of the product itself, rather than relying on surface-level branding.
Mechanism
A logo can be removed, licensed, or counterfeited independently of the object it sits on. A structural signature (a weave, a silhouette, a mechanism) cannot be separated from the product without remaking it. Design Encryption raises the cost of both imitation and casual recognition at once, which is what connects it mechanically to Meaning Tension: it is one specific way MT gets built into an object rather than merely marketed around it.
No registry case has yet been matched to this pattern with confidence. Definition only, until real evidence supports a specific example.
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