Essays about: "tactility"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 26 essays containing the word tactility.

  1. 21. Development of interface templates and design of guidelines for touch gestures for smartphone applications

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Christian Chudon; Granit Zymberi; [2012]
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    Abstract : This report is a documentation of a Master thesis conducted at KTH in 2012 on behalf of Microsoft Sweden. The purpose of this project was to design interface templates for three different application types for Windows Phone: a RSS-reader, a school application and a news application and to provide guidelines for touch gestures. READ MORE

  3. 22. Tactility in fabrics of clothing :  A tactile study of silk, cotton and wool

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Alejandra León; Matilda Kaba-Liljeberg; [2011]
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    Abstract : In this paper the relationship between how a fabric of clothing feels, and what the skin registers when in contact with the fabric, is investigated. The skin registers certain parameters. Different concentrations in these will result in different feelings. The parameters that the skin registers are vertical- and horizontal force, and temperature. READ MORE

  4. 23. Tactility and grip : A study of human perception, materials and contact surfaces

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Diana Johansson; Nicole Sindelar; [2011]
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    Abstract : Vid utveckling av nya produkter är det viktigt att dessa har en attraktiv och ergonomisk design för att locka nya kunder, men det är lika viktigt att framställa en produkt som känns bra. Hur handen och dess känsel fungerar är viktigt att förstå vid materialval. READ MORE

  5. 24. THE TUBE : Formgiving discourse - not form follows norm. The medical ventilator and the neglected tube.

    University essay from Industridesign

    Author : Cristine Sundbom; [2011]
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    Abstract : If form follows normative discourse in medical design, what happens to the gestalt when you include related discourses of the medical ventilator in the design process? My aim has been to integrate critical industrial design and with an exploratory aesthetic approach. This aesthetic approach aimed to create an on going exchange between the development of concepts inspired by theory and the creative sketching of 3-D form. READ MORE

  6. 25. Tactility and the body experience

    University essay from Textil

    Author : Ada Chirakranont; [2010]
    Keywords : textile; body experience; tactility;

    Abstract : The ongoing project discusses how we as a society perceive and communicate through bodily experiences. The primary aim is to apply textile into a space and also to encourage people to use their senses when experiencing at design objects and spaces. READ MORE