Carleton University
Boundary Objects: Exploring the Benefit of Using Iconic Design Objects in Teaching Colour, Material, and Finish (CMF) in Undergraduate Industrial Design Education
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis study explores the benefits of using Iconic Design Objects as Boundary Objects in teaching Colour, Material, and Finish (CMF) Design in undergraduate Industrial Design Education. Teaching the methods and tools of a newly emergent discipline such as CMF design presents challenges in how to introduce theory from similar disciplines without blurring the progress of their differentiation. Explorative and formative research into the discipline of CMF preceded qualitative research of observing undergraduate students using the xDX teaching collection of chairs, producing CMF design products, and a thematic analysis of the student reflection papers at the conclusion. Student projects were presented before a panel of CMF experts to gain insights into the experience through a discussion. The results support the use of a historical collection objects as boundary objects in the transfer of theoretical knowledge to application and offered insights into the benefits of using boundary objects in design education.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Design (M.Des.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Industrial Design
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2025
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Tambay, Nathalie Cecile-Marie
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/43609