Search for dissertations about: "aesthetic goal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words aesthetic goal.

  2. 1. Aesthetic Flexibility : Modularity of Visual Form in Product Portfolios and Branded Products

    Author : Torbjörn Andersson; Johan Ölvander; Anders Warell; Stefan Holmlid; Monika Hestad; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aesthetic flexibility; industrial design; product modularity; brand extension; product portfolio development; carry-over; face-lift;

    Abstract : The increase in competition amongst companies that produce complex or large product portfolios has created a need to utilise modularity strategies not only to flexibly manage technical complexity in a costeffective manner but also for visual appearance. This research aims to understand how the visual appearance of products is affected by modular product development strategies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Perpetual perspectives : on designing for aesthetic engagement

    Author : Jeroen Peeters; Anna Croon Fors; Ambra Trotto; John Zimmerman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; interaction design; embodiment; embodied interaction design; design research; aesthetic interaction; aesthetic engagement; engagement; design; design;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates aesthetics of engagement in -interaction. Aesthetic refers to the aesthetic experience, based on a phenomenological and pragmatist understanding: dynamic and personal, appealing mutually to - and formed inseparably by - our bodily, emotional, as well as intellectual faculties. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mimesis as the Representation of Types : The Historical and Psychological Basis of an Aesthetic Idea

    Author : Michael Ranta; Margaretha Rossholm-Lagerlöf; Staffan Carlshamre; Lars-Olof Åhlberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art theory; aesthetics; cognitive psychology; experimental aesthetics; history of aesthetics; mental representation; aesthetic preference; pictorial representation; prototypicality; schema theory; emotion theory; categorization; behaviourism; Art; Konstvetenskap; Art science;

    Abstract : This work attempts to investigate a long-standing tradition within the history of aesthetics according to which the function of pictorial representation consists, or ought to consist, of the rendering of general or idealized types rather than particulars. Proponents of this view may be found in various versions from antiquity to the present. READ MORE

  6. 4. Acts of seeing : seeing as a methodological tool in fashion design

    Author : Stefanie Malmgren de Oliveira; Ricarda Bigolin; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Seeing; fashion design process; methods; ideation; aesthetic goal; Textil och mode generell ; Textiles and Fashion General ;

    Abstract : Fashion design can be described as perpetually having to produce new suggestions of dress. The foundational tool for realising such propositions in a precise and focused way is the act of seeing. READ MORE

  7. 5. Toward a poetics of fibre art and design : aesthetic and acoustic qualities of hand-tufted materials in interior spatial design

    Author : Kaja Tooming; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Fibre art; acoustics; interior design; hand tufting;

    Abstract : This inquiry explores the aesthetic and acoustic qualities of fibre art and design. The goal is to understand how the manner of hand tufting, the selection of fibre materials, and the creation of two- and three-dimensional forms can work together to solve problems of interior design... READ MORE