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Creating a Design Process and Constructivist Curriculum for the Effective Integration of Fashion and Industrial Design

Bernard, Nicodemus (2006-12-15)

With increasing nano and micro technologies, the way we interact and communicate with each other and our environment in the future will continue to evolve, becoming more personal and suited to the human body through clothing. ...

Culturalistic Design: Design Approach to Create Products for Specific Cultural and Subcultural Groups

Allen, Brandon (2009-05-15)

Designers have a unique process for solving problems commonly referred to as design thinking. Design thinking, especially on a cultural level can be used to tackle a wide range of creative and business issues. Design ...

Culture in Design: The Analysis of Culture through Semiotics and its role in the Automotive Industry

Morley, Matthew (2014-05-21)

With over 60 million automobiles being produced in 2013, the amount of time and energy that goes into the automotive design process is extremely valuable. Billions of dollars are spent on research and development to ensure ...

A Design Approach for Developing a Service in Promoting Healthy Eating Behavior

Gheitani, shekoofeh (2020-11-30)

The transition from home to school and living independently make significant changes in freshman college students lifestyle. Research states that freshman college students do not have healthy eating behavior and barely ...

A Design Approach for Personalizing and Improving the Appearance of Specialty Shoes

Cooper, Zakilya (2006-12-15)

The essential purpose of this thesis is the aesthetic improvement of the current state of specialty shoes. The importance of creating a new design option is especially crucial for the fashion-conscious consumers affected ...

Design Approach of Adaptable Residential Space Design with Childhood Development

Zhang, Jingpan (2019-07-24)

Children’s room design for a specific age period is a mature field. However, few children room designs will consider the adaptability of the room. Creating a room that could grow with children is necessary. This thesis ...

A Design Guideline for Applying Taiwanese Opera Costume Aesthetics to Modern Chair Design

Chen, I-Ju (2009-12-14)

The Western society is using an increasing amount of oriental elements to design products, especially furniture. One example of this influence is famous Denmark designer Hans J. Wagner’s, whose concept the “Y-Chair” designed ...

Design Guidelines for Aeroponic Plant Growth Systems with Varying Degrees of Complexity, Autonomy, and Performance Capability

Murphy, Justin (2020-05-15)

A continuously increasing world population coupled with a rise in the average global standard of living has resulted in an expanded global economic output that is putting an unsustainable demand on many of the Earth’s ...

Design Guidelines for an Integrated PHR System: An Approach for UI Designers to Break Down Individual-Level Barriers to PHR Adoption

Zhou, Yuan (2012-08-07)

The objective of this study is to analyze personal health records (PHR) and how they should be implemented from a primary user’s point of view. The significance of the quality of healthcare information has been recognized ...

Design Guidelines for Applying Regional Folktale Elements to Current Tableware Design

Han, Cunxia (2017-04-25)

The study is about how to apply the regional folktale elements to tableware design. Research is conducted to analyze and group cultures, and study five different regional cultural folktales. Folktales are summarized and ...

Design Guidelines for Product that Influence Consumers’ Value Perception

Li, Xin (2016-04-05)

When consumers meet a new product and make purchase choice, they will have a first impression. Most first impressions connect to the exterior performance of this product, which may include the form implication and visual ...

Design Guidelines for Shared Micromobility in Town and City Tourist Destinations

Yang, YuehTzu (2021-07-28)

Tourism that grows the regional economy relies on an adequate transportation system. Tourists usually visit multiple spots within a destination. Those who take public transit have less flexibility due to fixed routes and ...

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 Guidelines of Public Transportation for Older Adults in Urban Areas

Cui, Tianyu (2017-04-17)

Population aging is a trend all over the world. It results in the increasing number of older adults in the whole population in a country. This is especially notable in urban areas; the elderly seek good life quality, social ...

Designing cooperative and shared living for households that include both people with and without visual impairments

Wang, Shensi (2021-07-30)

From the 20st century, organizations have been established for helping people with visual impairments. However, people with sight who are living with people who are visually impaired haven’t gotten much attention and ...

Designing for Cultures: An Approach for Product Design Using Components of Regional Culture

Ekandem, Joshua (2009-08-06)

Although much of humanity is tied together by certain fundamental principles and the sharing of common physical and mental faculties, individuals are inherently different and have different aesthetic preferences. However, ...

Guideline for Applying Neo Confucianism thought in Product Design

Wang, Yijie (2020-07-22)

This study aims to summarize the design principles in Neo-Confucianism and use them to develop a guideline for product design. This study provides new design opportunities under Neo-Confucianism thought by analyzing the ...

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 Apply Local Architectural Features in Luminaire Design

Wang, Tianyao (2021-11-15)

This study is about how to apply the aesthetic elements that are extracted from local architecture as inspiration to luminaire design. After research and analysis of the areas of the world from a cultural perspective, this ...

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 ...