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  1. 1. On Disparity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Leo Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : We interact with products constantly. It is, in many ways, in- escapable. But what defines those experiences, that dispari- ty, between us and things? By working extensively with text and with various explorative user tests, my ambition was to define that meeting of human and object, and imagine a different way of designing user experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dan Hanqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Baroque; Siglo de Oro; Portraiture; Diego Velázquez; Philip IV; Naturalism; Subversion; Habsburg Iconography; Political Iconography; Vision; Visuality; Reception; Barroco; Siglo de Oro; retrato; Diego Velázquez; Felipe IV; naturalismo; subverción; Habsburgo; Austrias; Iconografía; Iconografía política; visión; visualidad; recepción;

    Abstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Krapperups köksträdgård : på spaning efter den moderna köksträdgården i det historiska landskapet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ida Ek Mitchell; [2023]
    Keywords : Krapperup; köksträdgårdar; historiska trädgårdar; Florensdeklarationen; Narradokumentet; Konvention om biologisk mångfal; Konvention om tryggande av det immateriella kulturarvet; blomstergata; odling; gestaltning; rekonstruktion; fri förnyelse; balans; åkerbruksträdgården; den nordiska paradisträdgården;

    Abstract : I mitt examensarbete har jag studerat Krapperups köksträdgård. Krapperup är ett gods lokaliserat i den nordvästra delen av Skåne med anslutning till Mölle och Kullaberg. Köksträdgården var en högproduktiv del av Krapperup fram till dess avveckling 1967 då den bedömdes vara oekonomisk. READ MORE

  5. 4. Listahúsið

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Elías Beck Sigurþórsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Iceland; Reykjavík; restoration; preservation; culture; art;

    Abstract : Located in Laugarnes, Reykjavík there is an industrial building, just over 10.000m2, originally built as a slaughterhouse for the institution SS. The construction started in 1985 but due to financial setback the company never moved its function into the building. READ MORE

  6. 5. Small Observations Around The Storage Site

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Stellan Gulde; [2022]
    Keywords : Storage; beautiful; ugly; strange detail; ruin;

    Abstract : The state of the unfinished is something I am fascinated by, and in the course of this engagement my ambition has been to examine how an understanding of the unfinished can contribute to a re-evaluation in both planning habits and in our interaction with existing buildings. For example, can it help challenge our conception of aesthetics and completeness? At the storage site, I also became curious to investigate how we as a community store, what we store and how we can build connections around storage facilities. READ MORE