A exploração da criatividade, através do uso da técnica de brainstorming adaptada ao processo de criação em moda

This article describes a practical work experience in a classroom, which deals with aggregating techniques that facilitate the development of creativity, in a process of fashion creation. The method used was adapted to the fashion design, through the use of the concept of "brainstorming" and his approach to generating multiple ideas. The aim of this study is to analyze the creative performance of the students, and the creative possibilities resulting from the use and adaptation of this creative technique- Este artigo descreve a experiência prática de um trabalho desenvolvido em sala de aula, que trata de agregar técnicas facilitadoras do desenvolvimento da criatividade, num processo de criação de moda. O método usado foi adaptado para o design de moda, através da utilização do conceito de “brainstorming”e sua abordagem de geração de múltiplas ideias. O objetivo deste estudo consiste em analisar o desempenho criativo dos alunos e as possibilidades resultantes da utilização e adaptação de tal técnica criativa

An examination of design education in Brazil; and the value of a design language structural model as a basis for teaching

The past decade has been most promising for the development of a philosophical basis for Design Education in Brazil. The first meeting of directors of Brazilian Industrial Design high schools took place in 1984 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1986 in Brasilia a team of professional designers met, with the aim of evaluating almost 25 years of industrial design education in Brazil. In 1987 the Brazilian ministry of education and culture outlined the domains and approved the content of a new industrial design education curriculum. In 1988 representatives from all the Brazilian design schools met in Florian6polis to discuss, identify and determine guidelines for teaching design and in that same year the new national design curriculum was enforced in all high level Brazilian design courses.\ud However, analyses of the documents published following these events show that design in Brazil is conceived as an educational practice relating only to the tertiary level and a professional activity restricted to the fields of Graphic and Industrial Design. The reason why Design in Brazil is often elitist, vocational, and restrictive appears to be related to design educators not realising the full potential of the Portuguese word desenho; and therefore, not conceptualising Design as an area of human experience, skill and knowledge that reflects man's concern with the appreciation and adaptation of his surroundings in the light of his material and spiritual needs. In particular, relating to the configuration, composition, meaning, value and purpose of man-made phenomena. Consequently, Brazilian design educators are decharacterising the Portuguese language when, treating matters related to Design, they use English terms and expressions unnecessarily.\ud Thus, this dissertation examines design language in Brazil; and the importance of an agreed language to develop design education in the country. Chapter I is concerned with the denotations given to the words design, dessin, disegno, designo, diseno, deseno, and desenho in their respective languages; and the connotations which the human ability design has acquired within certain European cultural contexts. In Chapter II texts were investigated in order to examine concepts of Design in Brazil, and how Brazilian design educators have understood, discussed and disseminated ideas using written language. Chapter III is based on interviews with Brazilian design educators, and it focuses on the spoken language used by them to express and discuss problems of education in the country.\ud The contribution of this dissertation to Brazilian design education, can be found in Chapters IV and V, where an attempt is made to: (i) reinforce the meanings and usage of the Portuguese word desenho; (ii) create a design terminology genuinely based on Portuguese words; and (iii) build a structural model for a design language, which can be used to reconstruct and evaluate the present curriculum of Brazilian design courses. \u

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Relacionando o planejamento de produto ao processo criativo: uma proposta

This work presents some considerations about creativity in like manner than establishing connections between creative process stages and industrial product planning. Also take mention about its appliance in problems resolution into distinct area: marketing; design; teaching and production, for this, is traced one comparative schedule with the creative process stages. This work was supported on descriptions made by representative authors from that field of activity. The objective is establishing the correlation between the stages of creative process with different stages and levels on the product planning process instigating to a proposal of universal language

Análise diacrônica e sincrônica da cadeira de rodas mecanomanual Dyachronous and synchronous analysis of the manual mechanic standard turnable wheelchair

Este estudo discute a evolução tanto histórica (análise diacrônica) quanto atual (análise sincrônica) da cadeira de rodas mecanomanual padrão dobrável - no Centro-Oeste do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil -, segundo as técnicas analíticas de Gui Bonsiepe et al. (1984). Tal estudo revela uma parte dos produtos destinados aos portadores de deficiência, pouco estudada tanto na área da Saúde como na de Tecnologia. No início apresenta uma classificação segundo o grau de complexidade tecnológica e na conclusão mostra que existe, hoje, uma lacuna na oferta de cadeira de rodas. Esta lacuna representa um nicho de mercado não conquistado pelas empresas fabricantes desse produto.<br>This study discusses either the historical (dyachronous analysis) or the current (synchronous analysis) evolution of the manual mechanic standard turnable wheelchair, in the Center-west of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, according to the analytic techniques by Gui Bonsiepe et al. (1984). It reveals a part of the products destined to the handcaps, rarely studied either in the Health or in the Technological area. It begins presenting a classification according to the degree of technological complexity and it concludes showing that nowadays there is a gap in this wheelchair group. This gap represents a market niche, which has not been conquered by the manufacturing companies of wheelchairs