Search for dissertations about: "form aesthetic"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words form aesthetic.

  2. 6. 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

  4. 7. Embodying Openness: A Pragmatist Exploration into the Aesthetic Experience of Design Form-Giving

    Author : Ariana Amacker; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design research; pragmatism; aesthetic experience; form-giving; arts-based learning;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the tension between a reflective view of design and design as an embodied, aesthetic experience. Most research exploring the nature of design follows a tradition of practice-based design research, which aims to empirically establish what constitutes design by studying what designers do and say. READ MORE

  5. 8. Form-defining systems of reverse crafting

    Author : Karin Peterson; Hanna Landin; Steve Royston Brown; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Form-defining systems; textile-form; transpositions; craft; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

    Abstract : Textile-form as dress is often synonymous with the form-defining system of cut and assemble, and as such, cut and assemble can be argued as that which defines as well as restrains this discipline. The following work is an inquiry that aims to investigate alternative methods of form-thinking and manufacturing, and their aesthetic consequences for dress. READ MORE

  6. 9. The mold of writing : style and structure in Strindberg's chamber plays

    Author : Erik van Ooijen; Lars-Åke Skalin; Ola Holmgren; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; chamber play; literary form; writing; focus; ruin as form; simulation; speed; weed as form; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Aesthetic subjects; Estetiska ämnen; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the five plays published by August Strindberg under the label of Chamber Plays: Stormy Weather, The Burned Lot, The Ghost Sonata, The Pelican (all 1907), and The Black Glove (1909). It takes its point of departure in a particular aspect of Strindberg’s way of writing as he actually describes it himself: during the act of deliberate composing, a productive fever tends to emerge bringing an element of chance to the work. READ MORE

  7. 10. Imagination, form, movement and sound. Studies in musical improvisation

    Author : Svein Erik Tandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetic; artistic research; chronology versus phenomenology; cognitive models; cross-modality; imitation; improvisation; motor programmes; organ; organ textbooks; procedural knowledge; Protestant practices; Roman Catholic practices; schemas; style; Johann Sebastian Bach; Anton Bruckner; Marcel Dupre; Rolande Falcinelli; Cesar Franck; Johann Georg Herzog; Hermann Keller; Olivier Latry; Conrad Paumann; Max Reger; Heinz Wunderlich; Ruth Zechlin;

    Abstract : How does one improvise? How can one learn the art of improvisation? By consid - ering these two questions this thesis aspires to make a contribution towards a greater understanding of what the production of improvised music actually involves. The organ has long traditions as an instrument on which music is improvised, and this study aims to focus primarily on organ improvisation. READ MORE