Search for dissertations about: "furniture design"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words furniture design.

  2. 16. Moving beyond stewards versus agents : Exploring business managers as existential beings in the interior-design and furniture industry in Småland, Sweden

    Author : Pär Vasko; Daniel Ericsson; Lena Olaison; Mathias Karlsson; Jenny Helin; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stewardship; Agency; Existentialism; Aspect seeing; Freedom; Responsibility; Ambiguity; Concreteness; Being; Nothingness; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Exploring two theoretical positions in the field of corporate governance – stewardship theory and agency theory – Moving beyond stewards versus agents homes in on the positions’ respective conceptions of managers. Although fundamentally drawing a clear line between the two positions, these conceptions also conjoin them. READ MORE

  4. 17. Human-centric evaluation of innovation

    Author : Anna Ståhlbröst; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informatik; Informatics;

    Abstract : In this Licentiate Thesis, human-centric evaluation of innovations are investigated with focus on examining and gaining understanding of important issues that needs to be considered in the evaluation process. The intention of my research is to contribute to IT-design processes so that future products and services, that are in various stages of development, become more responsive to users' actual needs and wants. READ MORE

  5. 18. Key Notes on the Unruly City : Social, Material, and Spatial Transgressions

    Author : Adam Bergholm; Catharina Gabrielsson; Robin Wilson; KTH; []
    Keywords : Right to the City; Art; Technology and Design; Konst; teknik och design;

    Abstract : This research departs from three intersecting field studies in Berlin, Copenhagen, and Paris, and includes both my interventions in the urban texture and integrations with existing communities working in the subject field of the Right to the City (Lefebvre 1968). The projects explore the mutable “nature” of cities and build on political philosophies which describe egalitarian actions that have shaped what those places could be. READ MORE

  6. 19. Spiral Grain in Norway Spruce

    Author : Harald Säll; Thomas Thörnqvist; Rolf Birkeland; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : Spiral grain angle; drying deformation; warp; wood quality; Norway spruce; Picea abies; FORESTRY; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SKOGS- och JORDBRUKSVETENSKAP samt LANDSKAPSPLANERING;

    Abstract : Wood is a major construction material that is used in many contexts, and for different purposes. Serious problems may arise, however, when moisture related deformations as twist occur in wood used in different types of building structures, joinery and furniture. READ MORE

  7. 20. Requirements for wood-based lightweight panels intended for furniture and interior use

    Author : Jonaz Nilsson; Jimmy Johansson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Forestry and Wood Technology; Skog och träteknik;

    Abstract : Introduction: Throughout many parts of the world, forests exist in one form or another. And for the timber from these forests to be used, it must be processed by, for example, sawing into planks and dried. Studies have shown that profits for the forest owners increase from beneficial processing of these raw materials. READ MORE