This study maps a way of looking at design history in New Zealand through the investigation of a taxon of industrially manufactured ceramics. Understanding design as an enfolded process of production, distribution, mediation and consumption, three threshold moments are identified as occurring within the European settlement period: the internationalisation of commodity production and consumption; the emergence of import substitution; and the deregulation of the market. While production has formed an element in the design of ceramics in New Zealand, it is contended that greater significance lies in both the trade and the mediation of these commodities and in particular in the way these have influenced local consumer choice. Emerging from this study, a series of key binaries become apparent: between the metropolitan centre and the frontier; between state and business; and between the traditional and the progressive. Likewise, the positioning of design within the institutionalised sites of power-or its absence from them-has been a prime force both in the development of manufacturing industry and in determining the nature of the consumer market.

Diss. (vol. 1-2) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2008.

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to investigate man's use of the mollusk within selected art forms, and to use the research results to design a contemporary museum exhibition, relevant within a South African context. Two sections are presented. In section A the selected art forms, fine arts, architecture, furniture design, masks and music and other sound instruments are thoroughly investigated to determine in what way the mollusk/shell is used in or on these art forms. A large number of figures are included to illustrate the available examples, and to aid the reader in the visualization of these applications. In section B a design solution is presented, based on the research results of section A. The compilation of an exhibition team and the whole design process, from the choice of an exhibition theme to the evaluation of the exhibition, is investigated. The exhibition designer plays the important role of interpreting the research results and to compile a design solution. A wide variety of exhibition techniques are recommended for the design solution, including theatre productions, special lighting and sound effects, demonstrations and tours. A number of figures are included, where photos taken during the museum visitations and design sketches provide further insight into the design solution. From the research results it was noted that an educational subject such as the mollusk/shell, can be made timely and attractive for the museum visitor by the use of creative, contemporary and relative exhibition techniques. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om die mens se benutting van die mollusk in geselekteerde kunsvorme te ondersoek en om die navorsingsresultate te gebruik om 'n eietydse en kreatiewe museumuitstalling, relevant binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks, te ontwerp. Twee afdelings word aangebied. In afdeling A word die geselekteerde kunsvorme, beeldende kunste, argitektuur, meubeIkuns, maskers en musiek- en ander kIankinstrumente deeglik ondersoek om vas te stel op watter wyse die mollusk/skulp daarin of daarop gebruik word. 'n Groot aantal figure word ingesluit om die beskikbare voorbeelde te illustreer en op so 'n wyse visuaIisasie vir die leser te vergemaklik. In afdeling B word 'n ontwerpoplossing aangebied, gebaseer op die navorsingsresultate van afdeling A Die samestelling van 'n uitstalspan en die hele ontwerpproses, vanaf die keuse van 'n uitstalterna tot die evaluering van die uitstalling, word ondersoek. Die uitstaIontwerper vertolk die belangrike rol om die navorsingsresultate te interpreteer en 'n ontwerpoplossing daaruit saam te stel. 'n Groot verskeidenheid uitstaltegnieke word vir die ontwerpoplossing aanbeveel, wat onder meer teateraanbiedings, spesiale beligting- en klankeffekte, demonstrasies en toere insluit. 'n Verskeidenheid figure word ingesluit waar foto's, geneem tydens die ter plaatse ondersoeke, en ontwerpsketse 'n aanduiding van die ontwerpoplossing gee. Uit die navorsingsresultate kon daar vasgestel word dat 'n opvoedkundige onderwerp soos die mollusk/skulp, deur die gebruik van kreatiewe, eietydse en relevante uitstaltegnieke, vir die museumbesoeker aktueel en aantreklik gemaak kan word.

Submitted by Patricia Figuti Venturini (pfiguti@anhembi.br) on 2018-10-03T21:02:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Neto de Faria.pdf: 17062766 bytes, checksum: 1659485ffb025186791c5015c7bb71f2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Figuti Venturini (pfiguti@anhembi.br) on 2018-10-04T14:51:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Neto de Faria.pdf: 17062766 bytes, checksum: 1659485ffb025186791c5015c7bb71f2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Figuti Venturini (pfiguti@anhembi.br) on 2018-10-04T14:51:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Neto de Faria.pdf: 17062766 bytes, checksum: 1659485ffb025186791c5015c7bb71f2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-04T14:52:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Neto de Faria.pdf: 17062766 bytes, checksum: 1659485ffb025186791c5015c7bb71f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This thesis tried to investigate and study the cycles of design reorganization with respect to the programs of the main design education institutions to delimit both the thinking that constitutes the cultural object and the very field of design knowledge using the philosophical categories of Gilbert Simondon. In other words the main objective of this research was to deal with the cultural object of the design field aided by the philosophical categories of Gilbert Simondon to reconstruct the forms of analysis and the understanding models needed to describe the operations and the functions of the supra-structural components of "information systems" as design cultural objects. The methodology sought to provoke the rise of different sets of explanations in order to stimulate processes of differentiation, integration and dedifferentiation capable of elucidating both the dynamic nature of the design knowledge and the renewal dynamics of the design cultural object. The thesis relevance is precisely based on the importance of characterizing and understanding the proper space and time of the becoming of design, seeking to foresee what has previously been announced in the symptoms emitted as signals by the system. It also tries to break with the reading logic of "information systems", which are based on the understanding of the aesthetic qualities of its parts rather than on the supra-structures that articulate and integrate the object constitution. However, the first impression is that the field of design is a passing territory, which reorganizes itself as the caravans pass by, so it should not be surprising that the field of design knowledge is always described through other fields of the knowledge. The focus on the surface of what is visible can not reveal the supra- structure that sustains the skin of the design object. / A presente tese buscou pesquisar e estudar os ciclos de reorganização do design em função dos currículos das principais instituições de ensino do design com o intuito de delimitar o pensamento que constitui tanto o objeto cultural quanto o próprio campo de saber do design através das categorias filosóficas de Gilbert Simondon. Assim, a pesquisa tem como principal objetivo abordar o objeto cultural do campo do design com o auxílio das categorias filosóficas de Gilbert Simondon, a fim de reconstruir as formas de análise e os modelos de compreensão necessários à descrição das operações e das funções das supraestruturas constituintes dos sistemas de informação enquanto objeto cultural do design. A metodologia buscou provocar o surgimento de conjuntos de explicações concorrentes a fim de que pudesse ser instigado o surgimento de processos de diferenciação, de integração e de desdiferenciação capazes de induzir elucidações tanto sobre a constituição dinâmica do campo de saber do design quanto da dinâmica de renovação do objeto cultural do design. A tese tem a sua relevância baseada justamente na importância de se caracterizar e compreender o espaço e o tempo próprios do devir do design, buscando antever aquilo que previamente se anuncia nos sintomas emitidos como formas de sinais pelo sistema, por tentar romper com a lógica de leitura dos sistemas de informação baseada na compreensão mais das qualidades estéticas de suas partes do que propriamente das supraestruturas articuladoras e integradoras de constituição do objeto. No entanto, a primeira impressão é de que o campo do design é um território de passagem, que conforme as caravanas passam, se reorganiza, por isso não se deve estranhar que o campo de saber do design seja sempre descrito a partir de outros campos do conhecimento. O foco na superfície do que se vê não pode revelar a supraestrutura que sustenta a pele do objeto do design.

The dissertation work deals with the organization of artistic life in the context of totalitarian regimes and its reflection in the Czech lands with the attention to fine arts education. It defines two types of artistic education - academic and modernistic. Significant interest is modern art infiltration into a cultural field in connection with social changes of interwar Russia and Italy. Historical research, Pierre Bourdieu's analytical approaches, analysis of Czechoslovak cultural, fine art and fine art pedagogically oriented magazines printed between 1919 - 1939 are the methods used for searching information. In terms of possibilities in Russia the biggest independence appeared in graphic design as means of modern visualization. However, the artists reached the position in the artistic field and following token power by taking social posts, especially teaching jobs, and often at the expense of their own espression. Italian authors voluntarily adapted their modernist creation to political development. Forms of their styles were much wider. The avantgarde quite smoothly managed to integrate into official culture. The most significant examle is aeropittura, which encouraged the cult of modern technologies and military power of fascistic Italy, and also which fluently continued in futuristic basis....

[pt] Esta dissertação propõe a análise da formação de uma cultura figurativa do Design a partir da experiência da Bauhaus. A escola surge, em 1919, imbuída de ideais expressionistas e obstinada em promover a união entre todas as artes. Porém, já em 1923, inicia-se um processo de ressignificação e adaptação dos métodos e pesquisas formais, tradicionalmente vinculadas à arte, a um pensamento técnico científico. Embora essa inflexão tenha atenuado a relevância da arte dentro da instituição – e dominado o pensamento subsequente acerca do design moderno –, a crença no potencial educativo da forma permaneceu forte graças à presença de grandes artistas-professores, como Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy e Josef Albers. Ao retomar tal experiência, a pesquisa pretende resgatar a dimensão filosófica da cultura visual produzida pelo design, entendendo que a forma tem a capacidade de gerar reflexão e inovação. / [en] Taking the Bauhaus experience as a starting point, this research analyses the formation of a figurative culture of Design. The school emerges in 1919, imbued with expressionist ideals and obstinate to promote the union between all arts. However, already in 1923, a process of revision and adaptation of methods and researches of form begins to shift from the art sphere to the technical-scientific one. Although this inflection has undermined the relevance of art within the institution – and influenced the subsequent thinking on modern design –, the belief in form as an educational instrument have remained relevant thanks to the presence of great artist-teachers, such as Josef Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and László Moholy-Nagy. With special reference to the Bauhaus, this dissertation intends to recover the philosophical dimension of the visual culture produced by design, understanding that the form has the capacity to generate reflection ad innovation.

Observing the Maelstrom  är en publikation som presenterar kritiska perspektiv på teknologi i relation till samhället och design. Den utforskar ämnen som manipulativ webbdesign, subjektiva algoritmer och kommersiell övervakning genom att undersöka teknikhistoria och påföljder av nya medier. Begreppet teknologi tänjs och ifrågasätts. I texterna betraktas skor, smarttelefoner, kranar, glödlampor, pilar, skrivmaskiner, böcker, hjul och kvantdatorer som tekniker som utökar våra möjligheter och formar vårt beteende. Typografin återspeglar alltid sin tids dominerande tekniker och teknologier. Förhållandet mellan teknik och typografi undersöks i Observing the Maelstrom med särskilt fokus på skrivmaskinens tid och IBM:s typografiska historia. Typsnittet Artisan var populärt bland användarna av IBM:s Selectric skrivmaskin, men det har sedan dess till stor del glömts bort. För projektet skapade författaren en ny digital version av Artisan. Här får Artisan ett nytt liv som digitalt typsnitt och dess historia får en unik kontext i denna publikation. / Observing the Maelstrom is a publication that presents critical perspectives on technology, society, and design. It explores topics such as manipulative web design, biased algorithms, and commercial surveillance, by looking at the history of technology and the social impact of new media. The concept of technology is stretched and questioned. The texts consider shoes, smartphones, faucets, lightbulbs, arrows, typewriters, books, wheels, and quantum computers as technologies that expand our abilities and shape our behavior. Typography always reflects the dominant techniques and technologies of its time. In the publication, the relationship between technology and typography is examined with a particular focus on the typewriter era and the typographic history of IBM. The typeface Artisan was popular with users of the IBM Selectric typewriter but has since been mostly forgotten. For the project, the author created a new digital version of Artisan. Therefore Artisan gains a second life as a digital typeface and its history is given a unique context in this publication.

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Esta pesquisa se propôs a construir uma breve cronologia da evolução do desenho industrial no estado do Rio de Janeiro, tendo como fio condutor três linhas de atuação do design: prática profissional (profissionais, escritórios, empresas, produtos e projetos), ensino e promoção/divulgação (eventos, conferências, exposições, premiações e concursos). Estas informações hoje se encontram dispersas ou são de todo desconhecidas do grande público. A pesquisa então procurou levantar, organizar e analisar criticamente esse volume de dados e informações, de modo a documentar e resgatar o desenvolvimento do design industrial no Rio de Janeiro. Este trabalho concentrou o foco do estudo histórico no design de produto, visto que uma série de trabalhos recentemente publicados já iniciou o processo de prospecção histórica do design gráfico no Brasil. Em que pese, além disso, que um estudo regionalizado do design de produto, centrado no Rio de Janeiro, ser uma contribuição relevante à historiografia do design brasileiro. A pesquisa fez uso de técnicas qualitativas de obtenção e tratamento de dados, destacando-se a pesquisa bibliográfica (sempre que possível fazendo uso de fontes primárias); o contato (via cartas, entrevistas e/ou acesso a websites) com as personalidades envolvidas nos eventos citados no texto; e, finalmente, a consulta a arquivos (públicos e privados). Ao se concluir a pesquisa, foram organizadas três cronologias independentes relativas a cada um dos subproblemas propostos a partir da questão central. Essas cronologias identificaram e contextualizaram as diferentes áreas de atuação do design de produto, descreveram o processo de implantação e desenvolvimento do ensino do design e documentaram as iniciativas no âmbito da divulgação e promoção do design de produto no Rio de Janeiro. O capítulo cinco apresenta as conclusões da análise da pesquisa. / This research intends to build up a brief chronology of product design development process in the state of Rio de Janeiro, following its three main areas of influence: professional practice (designers, offices, companies, products and projects), design promotion (events, conferences, exhibitions, awards and competitions) and design tuition (the formative path of product design college education). As today this information is either dispersed or unknown to the public, this work intends to uncover, organize and eventually analyse this amount of data in order to provide documentation and also rescue the development of industrial design in Rio de Janeiro from its oblivion. This work focused on the historical development of product design, as long as previous works have already started out the research on the history of graphic design in Brazil. Qualitative techniques were mainly used to obtain and process data such as the search into the actual bibliography (recurring to primary sources whenever possible), the contact (by letter, interviews and/or access to websites) with professionals involved in the events mentioned in the text and the search into public or private files. The research outcome was organized into three independent chronologies which identified and related the different areas of influence of product design that were documentary in the design college tuition evolutionary process. This brought evidence to initiatives in the scope of design diffusion in Rio de Janeiro. The last chapter presents conclusions pertaining to the analysis of the main line of design evolutionary process. Being a regional oriented research, concentrated in Rio de Janeiro, it may turn out to be a relevant contribution to Brazilian design historiography.

O desenvolvimento da obra do designer gráfico Fred Jordan e de sua experiência profissional é o objeto deste trabalho. Considerando que nas duas primeiras décadas de sua atividade não existe no Brasil um projeto acadêmico sistematizado e metodologia estabelecida para o conhecimento e para a prática na área do design gráfico, a análise aponta as diversas etapas de sua produção, que se estende de 1940 a 1990. Nesse processo, a pesquisa busca articular as diferentes fases dessa produção e os momentos históricos em que se realizam. Mostra a singularidade do trabalho de Jordan apontando­ a partir do uso da tecnologia, das técnicas, da temática, da adequação à evolução industrial e da diversificação do público consumidor - como seus projetos permitem perceber as transformações do campo de trabalho e do mercado. Dando ênfase ao cenário paulistano no qual atuou, ressalta-se seu papel no campo das artes gráficas, levando em conta o perfil dos grupos de profissionais de design no Brasil. Nesse quadro verificam-se elementos de sua formação, o círculo de amigos, o diálogo estabelecido com intelectuais, artistas e profissionais das artes visuais e do design,bem como suas áreas de interesse e de estudo. Para alcançar esse objetivo a pesquisa buscou reconstituir o itinerário do artista e de sua obra, por meio de ampla consulta bibliográfica e do levantamento e da organização do acervo da família. Parte desse material, constituído de textos que discutem seus trabalhos, permitiu apontar sua participação e influência no cenário cultural brasileiro e internacional. O estudo abriu espaço para a compreensão de vários aspectos da obra de Jordan: sua visão sobre o significado da arte e do artista; a articulação que estabeleceu entre o trabalho contemporâneo e a temática abordada por autores e artistas da primeira metade do século XIX na Alemanha;seus experimentos baseados, sobretudo na teoria das cores de Goethe e do pensamento naturalista do escritor alemão. Apresenta, ainda, um catálogo da obra de Fred Jordan e da documentação relacionada com sua produção / This thesis examines the development of graphic designer Fred Jordan\'s work and professional experience. No standard academic program or established approach for learning and practicing graphic design existed in Brazil during the first two decades of his career,and this analysis points out the distinct stages of Jordan\'s work between1940 and 1990. In the process, this research endeavors to describe the different phases of the designer\'s creative output against the historical background. lt demonstrates the significance of Jordan\'s work and how his projects allow us to understand the transformation of the graphic design discipline and industry, from his use of technology, techniques and themes, meeting the needs of the industrial revolution and the diversified consuming public. Focusing upon the Sao Paulo environment where he worked, the paper examines his influence on the field of visual arts,taking into account the profile of the professional design groups in Brazil at that time. Within this broader picture, it is possible to confirm the factors that influenced him, his circle of friends, his dialogue with intellectuals, artists and professionals in the visual arts and design community, as well as his areas of interest and study. To achieve this goal, the approach taken here was a recreation of the artist\'s life journey through extensive bibliographic research and a survey and organization of the Jordan family\'s collection of his work. Some of the sources, primarily the texts that discuss his work, bring to light Jordan\'s participation and influence on the Brazilian and international cultural scene. The study helps the reader understand several aspects of Jordan\'s work: his view of the meaning of art and the artist; the connection he made between contemporary design and themes employed by German authors and artists in the first half of the 19th Century;and his experiments based upon Goethe\'s Theory of Colours and the naturalistic thought of that German writer. Finally, it also presents a catalogue of Fred Jordan\'s designs and ofthe documentation related to his work.