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Researching The Visual Qualities Of Exhibition Design Through Experimental And Cross-, Outi Turpeinen

Nordes Conference Series

This article is based on my ongoing PhD research, particularly on the questions of practice-based research combined with theoretical analysis. In this article, I will try to briefly clarify and give some examples of the use of experimental and cross- disciplinary methods in design research. I will start by analysing the relationships between museum objects and cultural history museums based on the assumption that the practices used for representation create meanings. I am particularly interested in how meanings are built into such visual elements of exhibition design as light, colour and materials. The process of meaning creation is semiotic in …

The Development Of A Visual Design Tool: Visionpool, Jannick Kirk Sørensen

Nordes Conference Series

Collectively creating a visual aesthetic product (e.g. a TV-programme) requires all involved to share same visions about content and its audiovisual expression in order to achieve a common understanding and a successful product. Today’s development of e.g. TV-programmes is subject to the influence of many stakeholders and can therefore be regarded as a classic collective design process, although the typical TV-development process currently is based on words as primary means of expression. The tool “VisionPool” facilitates the visual aspects of the collectively design process as a visual physical design tool. This tool has been developed during a number of ‘use-centred’ …

Quality Clothes – An Outline Of A Model For Assessing The Quality Of Customized Clothing, Ritva Koskennurmi-Sivonen, Päivikki Pietarila

Nordes Conference Series

An outline of a conceptual model is offered for as- sessing the quality of customized clothing. The model is based on a former couture model, theoretical re- search on quality and related issues, and interview data from makers and users of customized clothing. The model suggests that assessments of quality occur in three periods of time: 1) before ordering, 2) during designing and making, and 3) during the use and stor- age of the clothes. Before ordering, the reputation of a maker—through shows, exhibitions, promotional letters, location, signs of professional affiliation, portfolios, clients’ existing garments, stories told—is the main source …

Domestication And Context: Studying Objectification In Print Media, Sara Routarinne

Nordes Conference Series

This article investigates into the domestication of communication technology through two cultural discourses, for one that of interior magazines and for two that of technology magazines. During domestication process technological items are objectified by ways in which they are brought to a physical environment and in ways in which they rearrange that environment (cf. Silverstone & al. 1992). The study is inspired by the domestication approach (Silverstone & Hirsch 1992, Silverstone 1994), while its methodological background is mainly based on critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 1995). The data consist of 55 magazine articles including 687 images. The findings indicate that the …

The Salient Features Of The Clock – A Functional Semiotic Design Analysis Of Relevance To Digital Design, Toke Riis Ebbesen

Nordes Conference Series

What is the basis for talking about digital design products? How can designers be more concise in their discourse on design. This article argues for the use of semiotics in practical design processes as well as within historical and interpretive research approaches. For this purpose the position of functional semiotics is explained in short terms and then further demonstrated in the analysis of a basic mechanical alarm clock. On this ground, the digital watch and digital design products in general are characterised and three possible avenues for the interpretation of the interactive possibilities of design products are discussed. Finally some …

Visionpool: A Visual Tool For Innovation, Villads Keiding

Nordes Conference Series

Visionpool is a new innovation tool based on pictures. It has a large target group within design, human resources and communication and it can be used for developing ideas, for aligning expectations and imaginations, and for benchmarking ongoing processes. Visionpool uses image fragments with special potential to develop associations, to support structured conversation and processes of developing ideas. The connection between the verbal formulation of the premise of a case, and a relevant conceptual visual expression is established from the very beginning. Typical fields of use are idea developing in television productions, concept developing and clarifying customers’ needs in a …

Visionpool: A Visual Tool For Innovation, Villads Keiding

Nordes Conference Series

Visionpool is a new innovation tool based on pictures. It has a large target group within design, human resources and communication and it can be used for developing ideas, for aligning expectations and imaginations, and for benchmarking ongoing processes. Visionpool uses image fragments with special potential to develop associations, to support structured conversation and processes of developing ideas. The connection between the verbal formulation of the premise of a case, and a relevant conceptual visual expression is established from the very beginning. Typical fields of use are idea developing in television productions, concept developing and clarifying customers’ needs in a …

155th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, May 7, 2005, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters - Frank L. Morsani and Carol D. Morsani; King O'Neal Scholars - Melanie Bruni, Sean Michael Campbell, Sonia Yvette Flores, Scott Mattox Haake, Sarah Jane Kakken, Milena Ivkovic, Crystal Jo Johnson, Sonali Patel, Cortney Jean Taylor, and Maggie Lee Wilson; Distinguished Citizen Award - Earl J. Lennard; Outstanding Senior - Dorothy Russ

Factors Associated With Successful High School Distance Education Programs., Kathy Murphy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this research project were to identify the extent to which online courses are available to high school students in Tennessee, to describe the characteristics of current online programs, to identify barriers to the implementation of online courses in school systems that are not currently offering such programs, and to offer recommendations that could facilitate implementation of these programs. The research went in two directions. A study of past and current online educational programs was completed in order to learn the nature of successful programs across the country. Then, a survey was constructed and sent to appropriate technology …

The Bg News May 3, 2005, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. May 3, 2005. Volume 95-Issue 148.

Presence And Image Quality: The Case Of High-Definition Television, Cheryl C. Bracken

Communication Faculty Publications

Previous research has demonstrated that form variables can increase television viewers' sense of presence. The current broadcasting of high-definition television (HDTV) programming makes testing this relation between form and presence possible in a new context, image quality. In this experiment, television viewers watched either HDTV or standard-definition television images and then rated their viewing experience on a pencil-and-paper questionnaire. The results demonstrate that HDTV provided viewers with a greater sense of presence than the current standard, thus providing empirical evidence for the claim that improved image quality will lead to television viewers' experiencing presence. Additionally, the results suggest that with …

Cognitive Orthotics For Students With Cognitive Disabilities, James V. Yanna

Dissertations

This study examined the effectiveness of a hand-held computer to guide an individual with a moderate cognitive impairment as he or she completed a complex daily living task. Performance was compared with that occasioned by a human supervisor. A third condition, assistance first from a human supervisor, and then by the computerized orthotic, was also evaluated. The task selected was a baking task.

Subjects were nine students, ranging in age from 17 to 24 years. All subjects were classified as cognitively impaired according to the Michigan Special Education Rules and Regulations. Assessment information showed most to be performing at a …

May 2005 Commencement Program, Bowling Green State University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

April 26, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (04/25/2005), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from April 25, 2005 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 39, Number 25. Cover story: "Union plans still fractured" Editor-in-Chief: Andrew Greiner

The Courier, Volume 38, Issue 21, April 22, 2005, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Retirees Beware–Governor's New Proposals May Force People To Put Off Retirement Plans

Turn It Up A Degree–Meeting And Event Planning Degree Now Offered By The Travel And Tourism Program

Students Have The Write Stuff–Student Journalists Honored At Conference

Going...Going...Gone!--This Summer Is The Last Chance To Register For Quarter Classes

Bringing Home The Gold

“LaRonde” Is Shocking, Fun And Well-Stage

People:

Steve Schroeder

Marvin Hamlisch

Sandip Burman

Barbara Ehrenreich

Matt Teichler

Shannon Flanagan

Newscast, April 22, 2005, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, April 17, 2005, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2005

No abstract provided.

Graphic Design And Illustration Graduation Portfolio Show Is Critical, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2005

• Buchanan is on the forefront of design research that draws from his experience from three of the top design schools in the country.
• As part of this year's show, the graduating class has published their own book of writing on design called "Critical: Voices of Student Design."

Push: A Naïve Push Towards Escapism, April 12, 2005, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Tuesday
April 12, 2005

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, April 10, 2005, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2005

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Bg News April 7, 2005, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 7, 2005. Volume 95-Issue 130.

Information Literacy In Science & Technology Disciplines, Virginia A. Baldwin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

"Information Literacy in Science & Technology Disciplines" is a presentation given as part of the 2005 ACRL preconference, “Information Literacy in the Disciplines: Librarian/Faculty Collaboration for 21st Century Research Skills.” The purpose of the presentation was to give preconference attendees a background that would assist in facilitating discussions of methods of collaborating with faculty to develop library instruction that addresses information literacy standards relevant to specific disciplines.

Flyer News, Vol. 52, No. 37 (April 5, 2005), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Monitor Newsletter April 04, 2005, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Is Seeing Believing? A Survey Of Magazine Professionals' Practices And Attitudes Towards Ethical Standards For Photographs, Shahira Fahmy, Scott B. Fosdick, Thomas J. Johnson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Western Scholar, Editors

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: April 2005, Duane Kelderman, John D. Witvliet, Arie C. Leder, Emily R. Brink

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Reflection on Worship Space Matters
3 - Embracing Tensions: The Story of How the Seminary Chapel Renovation Project Became an Occasion for Christian Formation by Duane Kelderman
5 - How Space Matters by John D. Witvliet
7 - Questions on Worship Space Edited by John D. Witvliet
8 - Well-Designed Walls Make for Good Christian Worship by Arie C. Leder
10 - Worship Around the World by Emily R. Brink

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