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Textile Designs & Collection, Paige Brown
Textile Designs & Collection, Paige Brown
Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium
An apparel and home furnishing collection made from original textile designs and a color palette rooted in nostalgia. Made to round out my time in RTL3075 Textile Design, these patterns, and the subsequent collection, were made using Procreate and the sample fabric through the fabric company Spoonflower. The materials were selected using our Spoonflower Fabric Kits. The final presentation goes over the details of this collection, the inspiration, target audience, and specifics about the patterns and materials. When making this collection, I had the college student, and the comfort they would want in their off time, in mind. I wanted …
Crikey: A Man Misremembered, Emma Smith
Crikey: A Man Misremembered, Emma Smith
Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium
Hegemony in media is the process in which the dominant ideologies of a society are upheld through signs, signifiers, and other imagery. Using “The Crocodile Hunter,” Steve Irwin as an example of a larrikin, media artifacts and biographical remnants of Irwin’s life were assessed to determine if Steve met the criteria to be considered a larrikin. Critical opinions of Steve Irwin, as well as profiles of other famous Australian larrikins, were also used to compare and contrast the ideals of the larrikin. The purpose of this project was to analyze the concept of hegemony and how it relates to larrikinism, …
Introducing Accessibility To Sustainable Tourism, Emma Akian
Introducing Accessibility To Sustainable Tourism, Emma Akian
Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium
Tourism is a universal activity, but not every individual has equal access to travel. This proposal analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the accessible tourism industry to identify ways of making travel both more accessible and sustainable. It focused on the benefits of incorporating accessibility into the three pillars of sustainable tourism: environment, community, and economy. With an estimated 1.3 billion people living with a significant disability globally, tourism providers are neglecting a significant demographic of travelers with immense influence over tourism revenue. Barriers to accessible tourism include a lack of comprehensive information, poor digital accessibility, and both physical and …
Student Mental Health Crisis: A Study In Stress, Cara Steere
Student Mental Health Crisis: A Study In Stress, Cara Steere
Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium
This research project explores the question “Why are mental health issues increasing in high school and college students and why are the issues they are dealing with so different from one another?” A literature review was conducted to understand the difference between high school and college stress. 61% of students have said that performing well and getting good grades deemed satisfactory has "put them over the edge". To further understand the plague of mental health issues, 1:1 interviews peer interviews were conducted to compare the stress of high school and college. These interviews showed that high school and college stress …
Water Misuse In Tourism And Link To Poverty Cycles, Chloe Landry
Water Misuse In Tourism And Link To Poverty Cycles, Chloe Landry
Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium
Tourism is a key distributor of wealth in many developing countries and yet they still struggle with basic needs like food, adequate shelter, and water. Water poverty is extremely prevalent in already poor locations, and when this situation merges with over-tourism it only gets worse. Tourists consume almost 3-4 times the amount of water than locals. This can be from showers, kitchen appliances, recreational uses, and the drinking supply. Since tourists bring in economic empowerment for these destinations, they are inclined to use however much water they please while the locals suffer. This creates a cycle of poverty that begins …