Essays about: "Crafts"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 98 essays containing the word Crafts.
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1. Carbon Craft
University essay from Konstfack/IndustridesignAbstract : This is a practice-based design research project in the fields of glass blowing and knitting. It takes its starting point in trying to combine these two crafts with an experimental approach, using carbon fiber. READ MORE
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2. Artisanal Perspectives on Valsgärde : A technical analysis of scabbards
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : The scabbards from the Valsgärde boat-graves are fine works of artisanship, the person who made them put many hours of work into them. It is easy to get lost in typologies and books,but one must not forget that some crafts are still being practiced to this day. READ MORE
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3. Childish Shelf - New purpose, no new purchase
University essay from Lunds universitet/IndustridesignAbstract : This project is aiming towards designing to extend the lifespan of children’s belongings to reduce excessive owning and over consumption amongst parents. Today, there is an issue of parents of small children needing to own many of the same products that they often need to replace and exchange as the child grows older. READ MORE
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4. Investigating the Potential of Circular Economy in Stockholm’s Craft Classes : A Case Study Comparing Secondary Wood to Virgin Wood Using LCA and LCC
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : This thesis evaluates the environmental, economic, and social impacts of implementing secondary wood from recycling centers into wood crafts in Stockholm schools. The thesis is conducted in a case study setting as a part of the "Climate Neutral Stockholm 2030" sub-project 3. READ MORE
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5. Brick Recuperation
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Recuperation means “regaining something lost or taken” and this has been the main focus of my thesis – essentially reclaiming discarded bricks and educating future bricklayers to work with reclaimed materials. How can the status of craftsmanship be raised through architecture and the processes of crafts be made visible? What opportunities can our current brick stock pose and can derelict buildings be seen as a material bank? My proposal is a bricklaying ”folkhögskola” in Henriksbergshamnen, southwest of central Stockholm, parts laid brick by brick by the students themselves in collaboration with local carpenters. READ MORE