Browsing by Author "Arnold, Christopher"

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Design Guidelines of Applying Cultural Context Analysis in Service Design

Meng, Zhen (2019-04-16)

This research will provide an overview of the service design process. This process provides a way to help service design, especially commercial service design, to analyze and use cultural context analysis in different ...

Design Seed: An Approach for the Creation of Design-Based Manufacturing Industries in Under-Industrialized Regions, like, Alabama's Impoverished Black Belt Region

Smith, Mark (2007-08-15)

Almost two hundred years ago, in a crescent shaped region of Alabama that stretches from Alabama’s eastern boundary with Georgia to its western side abutting Mississippi, half of Alabama’s enslaved population of Africans ...

Designing Goal-Oriented Systems: How Competition and Automation Foster Motivation and Results

Bloodworth, Benjamin (2013-12-04)

People often turn to goal-oriented systems to improve their lives and modify their behavior. With the rise of the Quantified Self movement, there are now a plethora of these systems and their related products available. ...

Enhancing Children's Shape and Space Ability with Sensory Play

Wang, Wei (2021-08-04) ETD File Embargoed

Some people can't imagine what a space will look like after a renovation is finished, can't read a map, or quickly get lost in an unfamiliar place. Some students in high school and middle school have terrible performances ...

A Guide for the Standard Structure of the First Year of Industrial Design Education

Ludwig, Corin (2005-08-15)

The creation of a guide for the production of a standard structure for the foundations year of industrial design education is the essential purpose of this thesis. This teacher’s aid will offer a resource for instructors ...

A Guide to Musical Instrument Design for Preschool Children

Smith, Derek (2005-08-15)

In order to improve the ergonomic and aesthetic qualities of musical instruments, intended for preschool children, a guideline, which assists the designer in producing more age-appropriate products, has been be created. ...

A Guideline For Designing Electric Bicycles

Lee, Ian (2021-12-06)

Society is on the verge of a radical swing in the way that we commute and travel, at least in part due to the climate crisis. There is a rapid shift towards urban living and away from dependence on personal automobiles. ...

A Guideline of Applying Chinese Calligraphy Culture to Contemporary Furniture Design

Ye, Yiyi (2019-04-18)

In the information age, information dissemination is fast and broad. How to maintain the vitality of national culture under the impact of various foreign cultures is very important to guarantee spiritual and cultural ...

Guideline to refine the product appearance based on analysis of the line shape in the two-dimensional views

Wang, Shijia (2017-07-27)

According to the human perception, humans are more sensitive to the shapes of objects. For the product, the line shape represents the shape of the product in a two-dimensional view, and lines also work as the original and ...

Guidelines for Designing Handheld Tools for the Elderly

Gong, Lin (2017-11-20)

This thesis includes a set of guidelines on the basis of which to design handheld tools for elderly people. Elderly people are a very special group of costumers. First, their bodies go through many changes with the aging ...

Guidelines for Designing Kitchen Appliances for the Elderly

Raven, Susan (2006-08-15)

The number of elderly people in the United States is growing due to the baby boom. The life span of kitchen appliances is also growing due to new technologies that are developed. Since the elderly will be using their ...

Guidelines for Designing Orthopedic Devices Related to Athletic Injuries

Nowland, Benjamin (2007-05-15)

Athletes constantly put their bodies at risk and often sustain major injuries from participating in their sport of choice. The purpose of this thesis is to create guiding principles for the construction of orthopedic devices ...

Guidelines for Designing Stressful Emotion Relief Toys for Adults

Ma, Jiaxuan (2019-04-23)

Nowadays, the rapid development of society not only fulfill people’s material needs and allow them to focus more on their spiritual needs, but also stress people out. Stressful emotion relief toys are noticed by more and ...

Guidelines for the Application of Immersive Technology within Industrial Design Methodology

Sattari, Ali (2019-11-18)

Immersive technology is the use of particular set of tools and technologies which bring an immersive experience to the user. This new technology can be considered as a new medium for communication and visualization. ...

Guidelines for the Design of Digitally Fabricable Products for the Intent of Digital Distribution

Tung, Tiffany (2020-04-30)

With the availability of low-cost 3D modeling and digital fabrication tools and software, a culture of “digital making” has emerged. With companies like Opendesk and Thingiverse providing open source resources for at-home ...

Guidelines for the Proper Application of Color and Light in the Health and Fitness Industry for the Purpose of Improving User Experience and Performance

Logan, Joshua (2005-08-15)

Guidelines that demonstrate the proper application of color and light for the purpose of improving user experience and performance with consideration given to equipment selection and layout within the realm of a health and ...

Guidelines to Change the Cultural Paradigms of Designers Toward Third World People Groups through Missiology to Influence Furniture Design

Moreman, Jacob (2005-12-15)

Third world culture has been invaded by the western world. It is an issue that grows everyday with the media influences of western culture. Industrial designers have developed many of the products and systems which act ...

Guidelines to Help Designers Incorporate the Parent-Child Factors into Toy Design

Wei, Haoyi (2019-07-15)

It is reported by the Toy Industry Association that there is a huge toy market in the global market. The total revenue of the global toy market has increased from 78 billion dollars in 2007 to 89 billion dollars in 2017. ...

Illuminating Music: A Research and Product Design Study Applying Synesthesia and Ambient Peripheral Display Theory to the Violin

Phillips, Foster (2008-05-15)

See. Hear. Taste. Smell. Touch. The senses are the conduit from the external to the internal. There are a select few who live in an almost unimaginable world where two or more of their senses are joined. There are ...

Mass-Customization Through Digital Manufacturing

Carter, Adam (2013-05-15)

Manufacturing is an ever-evolving process that constantly changes how products are developed. Changes in manufacturing can affect society and companies worldwide resulting in innovative new products and processes. Industrial ...