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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"design practitioners"”.
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A nation's visual language: nation branding and the visual identity of contemporary Malaysia
This research explores the role graphic design can play in the national branding of emergent nations, and takes the multiracial, multicultural state of Malaysia as the principal object of study. Contemporary Malaysian society and culture are reviewed in the context of present views of globalization …
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Libraries and the Missing Narrative: Practitioner Explorations in the use of Design Psychology and Environmental Autobiography for Library Buildings and Designs
… research method of Environmental Psychology and Design Psychology informs this study of the meaning and experiences of libraries described by six library-building design practitioners. Participants were guided through an adaptation of Toby Israel’s (2010) Design Psychology Toolbox (hereafter …
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Examining knowledge transfer between design research and healthcare design practices: an interpretive comparative case study
The utilization of research to inform design decisions has been a rising topic of discussion. There is a gap between design research, how it is communicated and its accessibility, and the design industry, the ones responsible for designing and building the environments people inhabit (Huber, 2017). …
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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 …
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Developing a persona-based user-centred design model in relation to idea generation that will both manage the product design processes and solve design problems
User-Centred Design (UCD) was proposed in the 1980s and, since then, its philosophy has helped to solve design problems, regardless of the advances in technology over time. The standard ISO 9241:210 (2010), formerly ISO 13407, provides guidance in human-centred design principles and activities …
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Description of Instructional Design Framework Usage in the Development of Learning Objects
… object usage from multiple instructional design contexts. The study examined three case contexts: A non-profit organization, a corporate organization, and a military organization. The research obtained information from two sources within each context -- interviews conducted with current …
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Socio-technical architectural model of collaborative engineering design
Collaborative engineering design may be considered a socio-technical process. However, literature suggested that the fundamental constitution of the social and technical in the collaborative engineering design process and their interrelationships are unclear. Furthermore, most the identified …
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Emotive implications of rendering in conceptual design
… research into the role emotions play in designing. Rendering enables the visualisation of conceptual models by providing graphical presentation of design concepts. Such a presentation can convey not only object information but also emotive information and can evoke human emotive …
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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 …
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Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment
… impacts. Its widespread adoption among designers would allow the environmental component of sustainability to gain more traction in design philosophy and client goals. Currently, the stakeholders in building design-both design professionals and clients-have few resources for proper LCA …
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Prototyping for user feedback : how visual detail can influence feature preference
User-centered design focuses on insights drawn from users to drive product development. Provisional design prototypes are often used as a tool for collecting feedback from users that can then be incorporated into future design iterations. However, experience from design practice suggests that user …
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Design outcomes : how designers and tools influence design quality and creativity : a study of individual designers
The design process can be seen as a complex, ambiguous, ill-defined problem with no clearly correct answer. At the same time, the early stages of the design process carry importance with regard to design outcomes, sometimes with far reaching consequences. With the proliferation of computer …
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HOME : collecting narratives, promoting dialogue, and guiding change
… vulnerable communities, equipping planning and design practitioners with the capacity to sensitively approach the potential impacts on people's homes. The community of Watts in South Central, Los Angeles, California serves as a case study in understanding what meaningful content collecting …
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Sustaining a culture of innovation delivery in society. A practice-led study of the role of design thinking frameworks
… across various sectors, particularly within design, education, and business realms. It investigates the social dynamics surrounding knowledge dissemination and the societal reception of innovative practices. Drawing upon insights gathered from a diverse cohort of design practitioners over a …
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Formal Models and Refinement for Graphical User Interface Design
… properties we have proved are retained. When we design and build the user interfaces of our systems we are similarly keen to ensure that they have certain properties before we build them. For example, do they satisfy the requirements of the user? Are they designed with known good design …
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Co-Designing Children’s Playspaces: Evaluating Participant Priorities and Outcomes
There has been growing interest among design practitioners and researchers in participatory methods as a means of embedding user expertise in decision-making (Robertson & Simonsen, 2012; Sanders, 2002). Engaging children as co-designers may be a valuable pathway for capturing the voices of this …
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Narratives of Continuity & Change: British Theatre Design 1945-2003, An Oral History
… continuity is evident within British theatre design practice across the second half of the twentieth century despite the concurrent emergence of new performance spaces and revolutionary approaches to theatre making. During this period, British practitioners have been internationally commended …
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Creative Democracy: an Anthropology of and by means of Design
… I intend to be a contribution to all practice of design that are, in one way or another, concerned with the question of democracy. Building on the critical accounts raised by scholars within the field of design for ‘making publics’ I propose, in this work, a departure from the thinking of John …
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Landscape + Sky: land use analysis at the scale of flight
… eye view,” land use developers and landscape design practitioners may have a unique opportunity to understand the impacts of land use planning decisions on migration and avian populations. My thesis analyzes land use in a sequence along a planned flight route in regards to ecological …
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How to be Satisfied with Less-Than-Perfect Finish
… Creative industries such as the art and design field are not an exception. But in recent years it has become more and more clear that continued economic stability will not be possible at least with the same mode of operation in making things. It is more relevant than ever to look for new …
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