Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 258 for “"Design practice"”.
-
Incorporating ecological considerations into industrial design practice
Industrial designers play a pivotal role in the development of consumer products. Consumer products contribute significantly to society’s ecological impact, which needs to be lowered. This thesis examines the role of industrial design practice in developing consumer products with low(er) ecological …
-
Symbiotic Design Practice: Designing with-in nature
… of transitioning toward sustainable systems. Design disciplines and environmental studies are engaging in alternative ways to support a sustainable world and, to a large extent, on resolving the disconnection between humans and nature. The conceptualization of <i>Symbiotic Design</i> proposed …
-
Coalesce: Leveraging Generative Tools in Industrial Design Practice
Generative Design is a design process that entails the collaboration between human designers and software-enabled machines. This thesis explores the ways that generative tools are changing industrial design, proposes some principles and a methodology for working with generative tools, and …
-
A Sonic Arts Approach to Sound Design Practice
This practice-as-research study documents the development of a sonic arts approach to film sound design. An interdisciplinary conceptual framework that combines selected theories of electroacoustic music and apposite perspectives from film soundtrack studies informs the approach. Over the course of …
-
Design as criticism: methods for a critical graphic design practice
This practice-led research is the result of an interest in graphic design as a specific critical activity. Existing in the context of the 2008 financial and subsequent political crisis, both this thesis and my work are situated in an expaded field of graphic design. This research examines the …
-
The evidence of the city. Evidence-based approaches in urban design practice
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
-
Guidelines for conceptual design to assist diagram creators in information design practice
… Nevertheless, it is commonplace in information design practice to find diagrams that are not communicating the intended messages. The act of conceiving the diagram takes place during conceptual design. This can be where misleading analysis and superfluous information organisation actions may …
-
Emerging issues in sustainable industrial design practice : implications for designers, manufacturers and educators
Industrial designers have been addressing issues of sustainability for many years with varying levels of intensity and mixed results. Since the 1970s, practitioners and educators in the field of product design have demonstrated an appreciation of issues related to the life cycles of products, the …
-
Programme design practice in a polytechnic in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A case for complexity
… programmes we help shape our society. Programme design includes decisions on what society finds valuable for people to learn, and how this should be structured and organised. In this way it influences teaching and learning. Therefore understanding how and on what basis programme design decisions …
-
The Black Spatial Imaginary in Urban Design Practice: Lessons for Creating Black-affirming Public Spaces
… Abstract The Black Spatial Imaginary in Urban Design Practice: Lessons for Creating Black-affirming Public Spaces Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Rachel Berney Urban Design & Planning The spatial imaginary – as presented in this thesis – refers to an understanding of how we come to know …
-
Know-about, know-that, know-how: A model for moving between theory and design practice
Everything is designed. From the fork you hold in your hand, to the car you drive, to the public transportation you use, to the mechanisms for justice within a society, to the process of designing itself. Embedded in these designs are the assumptions that underlie the design methods and toolkits …
-
An exploration of hybrid art and design practice using computer-based design and fabrication tools.
… experience suggested the use of computer-based design and fabrication tools might enable new models of practice that yield a greater integration between the 3D art and design disciplines. A critical, contextual review was conducted to assess what kinds of objects are being produced by art and …
-
A framework for product development based on quality function deployment, traditional decision-making theory, and design practice
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1990 and Thesis (M.S.)--Sloan School of Management, 1990.
-
Developing a Toolkit for Disability Inclusion in Sportswear Design Practice: Focusing on Consumers with an Upper Limb Impairment or Difference
… research investigates how sportswear industry designers can better understand consumers with an upper limb impairment or difference to create adaptive or inclusive sportswear. Recently, an increase of inclusive and adaptive apparel has appeared on the market, but many disabled consumers remain …
-
Transitionary Textiles: a craft-based journey of textile design practice towards new values and roles for a sustainable fashion industry
… (Maiteny & Reed 1988). For fashion textile designers, this process will demand new ways to practice and engage with the sustainability agenda, including the ‘outer’ dimensions of better materials or more ethical production models; and the ‘inner’, reflective dimensions of values and the …
-
Graphic communication design practice for sustainable social advocacy in Pakistan: Co-developing contextually responsive communication design (GCD) methodologies in culturally diverse contexts
Communication design, as a significant tool for sustainable social advocacy, is still under-explored both academically and within creative practices worldwide. In a developing country like Pakistan, the role of social advocacy as an effective tool for social change is ambiguous. This practice-led …
-
Architectural Storywork as a discursive design practice: on self-determined Indigeneity, architectural autonomy, and the transmission of knowledge through architectural discourses in Bali, Indonesia
… and implementation of a discursive, decolonial design practice with the Pusat Kegiatan Perempuan (PKP) community as they begin to re-design their Community Centre in rural Bali, Indonesia. This is timely, as architectural scholars call on the discipline to develop new decolonial practices and …
-
A Postcolonial Critique of Industrial Design: A critical evaluation of the relationship of culture and hegemony to design practice and education since the late 20th century.
A Postcolonial Critique of Industrial Design: A critical evaluation of the relationship of culture and hegemony to design practice and education since the late 20th century. This thesis specifically focuses on the professional practices and training of Western industrial designers using …
-
Contextualising Critical Design: Towards a Taxonomy of Critical Practice in Product Design
This study focuses on critical design practice. The research challenges the colloquial understanding of ‘critical design.’ It problematises, defines and reassesses the concept of ‘critical design’ situating it among other forms of critical design practice. The research reviews the field of activity …
Page 1 of 13