Essays about: "Aesthetic objects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words Aesthetic objects.

  1. 1. Childish Shelf - New purpose, no new purchase

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Signe Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. Micro Crops & The Iterative Wave

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Brianna Butler; Andrea Bindar; [2023]
    Keywords : Design; Aesthetic objects; system; Microplastics; Wicked problems; MFA in Design with specialisation in Embedded Design;

    Abstract : The current approach to facilitation has numerous benefits but lacks sufficient challenge in raising awareness about wicked problems. This paper discusses the authors’ master thesis project, conducted in collaboration with the organizational context of a plastic-free store in the Gothenburg area. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pigeon Tales : An Exploration of Humanimal Entanglement in Urban Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Anna Hoekman; [2023]
    Keywords : Pigeons; humanimal relations; animal rights; posthumanism; companion species; historical ecology;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the humanimal entanglements between humans and pigeons in the urban setting. It traces human-pigeon histories from pigeons’ domestication forward to the contemporary conceptions of pigeons as a pest animal. READ MORE

  5. 4. Videos, Games, or Videogames? The Interaction in Videogame Playing Experiences

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetik

    Author : Lin Lin; [2023]
    Keywords : videogames; interaction; aesthetic experiences;

    Abstract : This paper defends the claim that videogame playing interaction (VGI) is a distinctive kind of interaction compared with other interactive practices. This claim is not grounded in the fact that videogame playing is a digital experience, nor the claim that videogame playing is a video example of gameplay, but rather in two unique characteristics of videogame playing experiences: the controlled identity of players and the temporal continuity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Clear as a Bell : A sensory and aesthetic history of timekeeping and eco-social relations in Uppsala and the world

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Isabel Inkpen; [2023]
    Keywords : Timescape; eco-social relations; time foraging; church bells; clocks; sensory history;

    Abstract : Methods of timekeeping have changed drastically throughout history and especially in the last century, as has humanity’s relationship to nature. Building upon existing research into the history of clocks and clock-time this study sketches a long-term chronology with a novel environmental, sensory, and aesthetic analysis. READ MORE