Search for dissertations about: "home design market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words home design market.

2. 1. Interpreting the Sustainable Home - Bridging Discourses on Home and Sustainability in the Housing Sector

   Author : Pernilla Hagbert; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainability; systems approach; housing development; domestic resource use; home; residential design; architecture;

   Abstract : How we design, build and maintain our homes are increasingly seen as instrumental to the environmental, social and financial impact of the built environment. By examining perspectives on and interpretations of sustainability in housing development, with a focus on discourses within the Swedish housing sector, the aim of this Licentiate thesis is to explore and provide an account of contemporary conceptualizations of the sustainable home. READ MORE

4. 2. Wireless Multi-Sensor Feedback Systems for SportsPerformance Monitoring : Design and Development

   Author : Dennis Sturm; Lars-Åke Brodin; Kjartan Halvorsen; Martin Eriksson; Kaj Lindecrantz; Richard Smith; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; kayak; paddle; mobile phone; sports performance; propulsive force; boat velocity; sampling frequency; wireless measurement; wireless sensor; Kayak XL System; sensor piconet; sensor platform; user-centred design;

   Abstract : Wireless applications have become a common part of daily life. Whether it is mobile phones, the Wi-Fi router at home, the keycard which has replaced the car key, a radio frequency identification access system to a building or a Bluetooth headset for your computer or phone, the means of modern wireless data exchange is an omnipresent technology. READ MORE

5. 3. Furniture for Later Life: Design Based on Older People’s Experiences of Furniture in Three Housing Forms

   Author : Oskar Jonsson; Industridesign; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Furniture design; Product experiences; Human-furniture relationships; User-centered design; Aging population;

   Abstract : This thesis in industrial design concerns the challenges and possibilities in meeting demographic shifts and the presumed expectations of today’s and tomorrow’s older generations. The background is the lack of furniture that responds to the demands of older consumers and the lack of knowledge about relationships between people and furniture in their home environments and in various forms of elderly care environments. READ MORE

6. 4. Experience of furniture in homes: Creating conditions for the design with consideration to people in the third age

   Author : Oskar Jonsson; Industridesign; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Furniture Design; User Experiences; Aging Population; User-centred Design; People in the Third Age;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis in industrial design concerns the challenge and opportunity to meet the demographic changes and the future senior market. The aim is to explore how various user-centered design methods can be combined, modified and practiced to create conditions for the design of totally new or improved products. READ MORE

7. 5. My house is my husband - A Kenyan Study of Women´s Access to Land and Housing

   Author : Diana Lee-Smith; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Urban areas; Surveys; Social structure; Rural housing; Rural areas; Research; Legal aspects; Land use; Land ownership; Land acquisition; Kenya; Income distribution; Housing; Home ownership; Food; Firewood; Family; Domestic labour; Community organization; Data collecting; Urban housing; Urban powerty; Use of dwelling; Water; Women; Architecture; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

   Abstract : This thesis explores women’s access to property in Kenya. It consists of three parts. The first gives the Kenyan background, the theoretical and methodological approach. READ MORE