Essays about: "patchwork"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the word patchwork.

  1. 11. Princesa de la calle - Dress turned streetwear : Exploring possibilities in re-design, in relation to second-hand evening dresses witha focus on street wear silhouettes

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Nathali Elfström; [2019]
    Keywords : Secondhand; Dresses; redesign; streetwear; draping;

    Abstract : This work aims to explore the possibilities in re-design by using secondhand party-dresses as the main material to construct new garments with a focus on street wear silhouettes. Deconstruction is commonly used when working with secondhand and will also be used in this work, as well as draping. READ MORE

  3. 12. LESS IS MORE, OR MORE IS A MUST? A study on how European cross-sectorial social partners navigate when advocating their position on platform work.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stina Hamberg; [2018-09-27]
    Keywords : platform work; social partners; ETUC; BUSINESSEUROPE; EU; legitimacy; digitalisation;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at examining how cross industrial social partners seek legitimacy in a European context; a context defined by a patchwork of welfare regimes where the same kind of actors can come to contradictory solutions to the same problem. In focus are the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and BUSINESSEUROPE (BE), and how they balance between claims on the social good and their own interest as an advocacy group while acting on a labour market, shaped by digitalisation and structural transformation. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Patchwork of Knowledge Management A qualitative study on how Knowledge Management is understood in the professional context of Swedish business law firms

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ida Ahlsson; Marija Stupljanin; [2017-07-04]
    Keywords : Knowledge Management; Professional Service Firms; Business Law Firms; KM Professionals; Institutional Logics; Emerging Logics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how the Knowledge Management (KM) phenomenon is understood in the field of business law firms in Sweden, by focusing on KM professionals and practitioners across hierarchical levels. The study uses a qualitative method and examines how four business law firms as well as one KM consulting firm perceive the management phenomena of KM within their highly institutionalized field. READ MORE

  5. 14. From Patchwork to Appliqué : Exploring Material Properties Through an Interaction Design Remake

    University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID

    Author : Moa Bergsmark; [2017]
    Keywords : NFC; Tangible programming; Programming for Children; Design remake;

    Abstract : Materials and materiality in interaction design has become more and more important perspectives within the field. Material explorations of a specific material could contribute to this ongoing discussion. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Patchwork-Quilter as the Storyteller : MY DEAD DOG!

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Lizzie Towndrow; [2016]
    Keywords : patchwork; quilting; storytelling; textile; dog; heirloom; objects; visual communication; memories; messages; histories; craft; handmade; tools; lapptäcket;

    Abstract : Objects can evoke our most vivid memories and sensory emotions, through the stories that have been engraved into them across their lifetime. Throughout history, patchwork-quilting has been used to tell stories, hide messages and hold histories. READ MORE