Search for dissertations about: "Design tools"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1654 swedish dissertations containing the words Design tools.
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1. Transitional design histories
Abstract : Design practices are to a large degree conceptually and methodologically based in ways of designing rooted in the 20th century. Some of the challenges that arise in contemporary design stem from an unawareness of design’s historicity, and the discrepancies between what design methods and concepts once were made to handle, and what we presently try to apply them to. READ MORE
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2. Designing tools forconviviality : A design led exploration of ParticipatoryActivity Mapping
Abstract : This thesis is a report of research work that contributes to the understandingof so-called convivial tools. It does this by describing how small enterprisesuse Participatory Activity Mapping as an approach to changing, as well ascaring about, people and the things that hold their work situations together. READ MORE
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3. Platform Design : Creating Meaningful Toolboxes When People Meet
Abstract : Platform Design is a study of different viewpoints on the creation of digital systems, and how they converge in platforms designed, built, and managed by communities. As sociotechnical constructs in which features emerge through the interaction of different stakeholders, platforms are understood as both means and outcomes—the ‘things’ or boundary objects in a design process—generating the spaces where communities of practice can form. READ MORE
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4. Design And Body : Exploring Conceptions Of The Body In Fashion Design Processes
Abstract : The human body has been considered to be an active element and is a common starting point of fashion design processes. However, during these processes, understanding of the body and how it is used to design is often confined by the body’s standard spatial and structural characteristics. READ MORE
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5. Radiant Textiles : Designing electromagnetic textile systems
Abstract : To regard the electromagnetic domain of conductive textiles is to unlock a realm of expressive possibilities. The underexplored area of the electromagnetic domain in conductive textiles implies that numerous computational and electronic textiles created thus far possess untapped capabilities. READ MORE