Search for dissertations about: "Design things"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 265 swedish dissertations containing the words Design things.

  2. 21. Usability Design : A framework for designing usable interactive systems in practice

    Author : Bengt Göransson; Jan Gulliksen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Människa-dator interaktion;

    Abstract : Today many companies have started to become aware of the advantages of doing user-centred design. However, it is extremely rare that companies adopt a fully integrated user-centred design approach in one strategic shift. READ MORE

  4. 22. Patchworking publics-in-the-making : design, media and public engagement

    Author : Kristina Lindström; Åsa Ståhl; Nina Wakeford; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : design; media; collaboration; making; technology; materiality; material turn; interaction design; media and communication studies; publics; feminist technoscience;

    Abstract : This is a collaborative practice-based thesis by publication written across two disciplines: interaction design, and media and communication studies. Based on Threads – a Mobile Sewing Circle, a travelling exhibition in which participants are invited to embroider an SMS by hand and with an embroidery machine connected to a mobile phone, this thesis puts forward the concept of publics-in-the-making. READ MORE

  5. 23. Design, innovation och andra paradoxer: om förändring satt i system

    Author : Håkan Edeholt; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; generative X; design science; designerly theorization; industrial design; innovative design; feminist standpoint theory;

    Abstract : Based on what I call 'designerly theorization' the dissertation tries to go beyond the divide between theoretical versus practical approaches and inside versus outside perspectives. 'Designerly theorization' is here an approach that raises theoretical issues concerning 'innovative design'. READ MORE

  6. 24. How designers work - making sense of authentic cognitive activities

    Author : Henrik Gedenryd; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History and Arts; planning; problem solving; pragmatism; situated cognition; distributed cognition; situated action; inquiry; interactive cognition; psychology; design methodology; design theory; cognitive science; cognition; design; Historia och konstvetenskap; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : In recent years, the growing scientific interest in design has led to great advances in our knowledge of authentic design processes. However, as these findings go counter to the existing theories in both design research and cognitive science, they pose a serious challenge for both disciplines: there is a wide gap between what the existing theories predict and what designers actually do. READ MORE

  7. 25. Users, emotions and meaningful things

    Author : Viktor Hjort af Ornäs; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; product design; affective design; emotions; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi; Technology; Teknik;

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