Essays about: "postcard"

Found 4 essays containing the word postcard.

  1. 1. Constructing Memories

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Rebecca Edin; [2019]
    Keywords : Beirut; civic center; culture; postcard; fragmentation; defamiliarization; landfill; heritage;

    Abstract : The project examines, and experiments with, how one can use historical fragments as a starting point for the design of a 7000 square meter large civic center, or house of arts and culture, in Beirut, as this is a place where the urban development has had a very different point of departure the last decades. The historical fragments in this case has been a collection of postcards of various public buildings that existed in the city between 1890 and 1970. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gaming at work to save energy - Supporting behavioural change of occupants through cooperative games

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yi Luo; [2018]
    Keywords : Persuasive technology; gamification; visualization; energy consumption; energy awareness; behaviour change; HCI.;

    Abstract : Commercial buildings are one of the main contributors to energy consumption while both energy management and occupants’ consumption behaviour play crucial roles in how energy is consumed. This study explored the energy awareness of occupants in a commercial building with the goal to investigate how increased awareness could support behaviour change. READ MORE

  4. 3. Participatory culture in museums

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Thobias Franzén; [2016]
    Keywords : Participatory culture; proxemic relations; museums; research through design;

    Abstract : In 2012 library and museum professionals from 24 different countries met in Salzburg, Austria for the Salzburg Global Seminar. The seminar was entitled Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. How to support and enhance communication : in a student software development project

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap och medieteknik

    Author : Catharina Ahlström; Kristina Fridensköld; [2002]
    Keywords : Communication; design artifacts tools; mock-up; metaphor; language-game; GUI; future workshop; participatory design; information; community of practice; usability test.;

    Abstract : This report, in which we have put an emphasis on the word communication, is based on a student software development project conducted during spring 2002. We describe how the use of design tools plays a key role in supporting communication in group activities and to what extent communication can be supported and enhanced by tools such as mock-ups and metaphors in a group project. READ MORE