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Industrial Design: Tableware

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The goal of my graduate thesis is to design a dinner service set suitable for mass manufacture. The purpose of completing an academic study of dinnerware as an industrial designer is to gain a mastery of a product used everyday in and out of the home. With such a rich history in ceramics, it is challenging to design a new dinner service set that is functional, enhances the aesthetics of a meal and sustains the intimate relationship of everyday use by adapting to lives. My particular design ideals are expressed in the line quality, section, volume, breadth and visual language of the Galaxy Collection. This document is a record of the research and decision making process for the design of the dinner service.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2006

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Sullivan, Martha Lynn Luttrell
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Kemnitzer, Ronald B.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Braaten, Ellen B.
  • Vernon, Mitzi

Subjects

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Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-11282006-120117
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35838

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citation

Sullivan, Martha Lynn Luttrell. Industrial Design: Tableware. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35838