Search for dissertations about: "context in design"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1508 swedish dissertations containing the words context in design.

2. 1. Bling & : Other Breaches in Design

   Author : Despina Christoforidou; Industridesign; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design; norms and values in the design field; Bling; blindspots; breaching experiments; breaches; breachers; in-betweenness mellanförskap ; in-betweeners mellanförskapare ; design as in-betweenness mellanförskap ; monolithic and polylithic contexts; norm critique norm creativity norm awareness; Design; normer och värderingar i designfältet; blinda fläckar; normbrytande experiment breaching experiments ; normbrott breaches ; normbrytare breachers ; mellanförskap; mellanförskapare; design som mellanförskap; monolitiska och polylitiska sammanhang; normkritik normkreativitet normmedvetenhet;

   Abstract : The overall theme of this thesis is norm deviations, i.e. breaches, as an approach to illuminating blindspots in the design field in order to handle potential friction that arises constructively. READ MORE

4. 2. Opening Up Design : Engaging the Layperson in the Design of Everyday Products

   Author : Guido Hermans; Erik Stolterman; Ron Wakkary; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; democratisation of design; toolkits; 3D printing; layperson participation; post-phenomenology; research through design; design; design;

   Abstract : This dissertation in industrial design focuses on the gap between the context of design and the context of use. It aims to open up design to the layperson and investigate an active role for the layperson in the design of everyday products. READ MORE

5. 3. Researching IoT through Design : An Inquiry into Being-At-Home

   Author : Anuradha Reddy; Maria Hellström; Per Linde; Jonas Löwgren; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Interaction Design; Internet of Things; Participation; Design Ethics; Home; Interaktionsdesign; Interaktionsdesign;

   Abstract : Researching IoT through Design is a proposal for reworking how one might approach ubiquitous networked objects, or IoT, that no longer have stable and predictable uses – and to be-at-home with them in everyday life. This inquiry into being-at-home entails a shift from the idea of the home as a fixed, four-walled space for everyday routine separate from the outside world. READ MORE

6. 4. Existential design : the "dark side" of design thinking

   Author : Anne Britt Torkildsby; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to discuss ways to open up the brief in designing for extreme environments, such as intensive care units and remand prison. Focusing on „designials‟ (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate that things; objects may directly impinge on certain „existentials‟ (fundamental forms of human being). READ MORE

7. 5. Zero Waste Design Thinking

   Author : Holly McQuillan; Clemens Thornquist; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; zero waste design; sustainable design; circular economy; fashion design; circular design; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : The fashion system is contributing to the environmental and social crises on an ever increasing scale. The industry must transform in order to situate itself within the environmental and social limits proposed by economist Kate Raworth, and the 17 sustainable development goals set out by the United Nations. READ MORE