5,657 research outputs found
ARTiVIS Arts, real-time video and interactivity for sustainability
Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Media DigitaisPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/42555/2007
Skin Stories: Charting and Mapping the Skin. Research using analogies of human skin tissue in relation to my textile practice.
The practice based research SKIN STORIES:: CHARTING AND MAPPING THE SKIN deals with issues across the fields of art, design, technology, biology and material science. In an attempt to bridge the gap between aesthetics and technology by investigating the potential of new and industrial materials, the epidermis is used as a metaphor for creating innovative textile surfaces which behave, look or feel like skin.
As a result of theoretical enquiry and practical experiments, interactive design solutions have been developed to a prototype stage for possible application in domestic environments and public spaces as well as for integration into body related design concepts. The development of such functional and interactive textile membranes will hopefully enable individuals to experience a polysensual and responsive environment and it is this aspect which is considered to be an original contribution to knowledge in the textiles field.
The aim of this written thesis is not only to illustrate the journeys and investigations made along the way and to demonstrate the outcome of the research, but also to situate the practical work in its cultural, critical and technological context. This thesis is accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM which is a visual representation of
my 'research map' and holds a record of the practical work carried out during the research project.
The ideas of the project SKIN STORIES:: CHARTING AND MAPPING THE SKIN have been developed and tested during a 3-year research programme towards a Ph. D. at The London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Drawing a Line in the Sand: Copyright Law and New Museums
This piece explores efforts by museums and galleries to enhance user experience (and increase attendance) using technology to create interactive and engaging exhibitions, and considers the copyright implications of this \u27participatory museum movement. From the derivative rights provisions in the Copyright Act to the Visual Artists\u27 Rights Act, where do the artist\u27s rights stop and the museum\u27s obligations begin, and how is the public\u27s interest best served
Monitor Newsletter January 30, 2006
Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staffhttps://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/monitor/2590/thumbnail.jp
Monitor Newsletter January 30, 2006
Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staffhttps://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/monitor/2590/thumbnail.jp
A Social Dimension for Digital Architectural Practice
Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/1296 on 14.03.2017 by CS (TIS)This thesis proceeds from an analysis of practice and critical commentary to claim that the
opportunities presented to some architectural practices by the advent of ubiquitous digital
technology have not been properly exploited. The missed opportunities, it claims, can be
attributed largely to the retention of a model of time and spaces as discrete design
parameters, which is inappropriate in the context of the widening awareness of social
interconnectedness that digital technology has also facilitated. As a remedy, the thesis
shows that some social considerations essential to good architecture - which could have
been more fully integrated in practice and theory more than a decade ago - can now be
usefully revisited through a systematic reflection on an emerging use of web technologies
that support social navigation. The thesis argues through its text and a number of practical
projects that the increasing confidence and sophistication of interdisciplinary studies in
geography, most notably in human geography, combined with the technological
opportunities of social navigation, provide a useful model of time and space as a unified
design parameter. In so doing the thesis suggests new possibilities for architectural
practices involving social interaction.
Through a literature review of the introduction and development of digital technologies to
architectural practice, the thesis identifies the inappropriate persistence of a number of
overarching concepts informing architectural practice. In a review of the emergence and
growth of 'human geography' it elaborates on the concept of the social production of
space, which it relates to an analysis of emerging social navigation technologies. In so
doing the thesis prepares the way for an integration of socially aware architecture with the
opportunities offered by social computing.
To substantiate its claim the thesis includes a number of practical public projects that have
been specifically designed to extend and amplify certain concepts, along with a large-scale
design project and systematic analysis which is intended to illustrate the theoretical claim
and provide a model for further practical exploitation
Display Placement and Design:Impact on Engagement with Social Object Labels in a Gallery Environment
Special Libraries, May-June 1974
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