Search for dissertations about: "alternative body expressions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words alternative body expressions.

2. 1. Body movement as material : Designing temporal expressions

   Author : Linnea Bågander; Clemens Thornquist; Lise Amy Hansen; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design; body; body as material; fashion design; performing arts; temporal form; practice-led research; design methods; motion design; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : Movement and temporal qualities have a significant effect on design expressions. However, in the design of dress these are often overlooked, and the static form of a positioned body is considered to be the main driver of design. This work explores the expressions of the body in motion, engaged in the interaction constituted by wearing. READ MORE

4. 2. Design And Body : Exploring Conceptions Of The Body In Fashion Design Processes

   Author : Faseeh Saleem; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Body alternatives; alternative body expressions; fashion design processes; conceptions of the body; design thinking; artistic research; fashion design education programmes;

   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

5. 3. On the logic of pattern cutting : foundational cuts and approximations of the body

   Author : Rickard Lindqvist; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and fashion; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

   Abstract : Fashion designers are presented with a range of different principles for pattern cutting and the interest in this area has grown rapidly over the past few years, both due to the publication of a number of works dealing with the subject in different ways and the fact that a growing number of designers emphasise cutting in their practices. Although a range of principles and concepts for pattern cutting are presented from different perspectives, the main body of these systems, traditional as well as contemporary, are predominately based on a quantified approximation of the body. READ MORE

6. 4. Kinetic garment construction : remarks on the foundations of pattern cutting

   Author : Rickard Lindqvist; Judith Mottram; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : Fashion designers are presented with a range of different methods for pattern cutting, and the interest in this field has grown rapidly over the past few years. This growth is both due to the publication of a number of works dealing with the subject in different ways and the fact that a growing number of designers emphasise cutting in their creative practices. READ MORE

7. 5. The Aesthetics of the Invisible: Foundations for Sonic Fashion

   Author : Vidmina Stasiulyte; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : Aural experience and sound thinking, in contrast to visual experience and image thinking, change the fundamental manifestation and perception of a dressed body: from looking and being seen to listening and being heard. Looking at and listening to a body that is wearing high heels are fundamentally different experiences. READ MORE