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Huvudmålet med detta arbete är att se huruvida det finns några tydliga sammanhang mellan den mängd tid en individ spenderar med att spela actionbaserade tv- och datorspel och dennes uppfattning när det gäller människors kroppsbyggnad och proportioner. I arbetet kommer proportioner som anses fördelaktiga när det gäller kropp och ansikte tas upp för att sedan testas med hjälp utav bland annat en enkätundersökning huruvida de stämmer. För enkäten kommer ett antal skulpturer skapas efter bestämda proportioner för båda ansikte och kropp och respondenterna kommer att delas in i grupper efter kön och tid ägnad framför tv- och datorspel för att se om några meningsskiljaktigheter om skulpturerna finns.

Colour contributes to our everyday experience. The purpose of this research is to explore how landscape architects can use colour in the hardscape of outdoor public spaces to enhance functionality and human experience. Based on a literature review of architectural history and current trends in western architecture and landscape architecture, a Colour Assessment Framework for urban parks was developed to assess functionality of colour in outdoor spaces. Using this framework along with photo documentation, colour treatment of three contemporary parks in Europe was assessed. Results revealed various techniques of colour application in hardscape features that delineated spaces based on the categories of spatiality, identity, relativity, and instrumentality. This research is valuable because it allows designers to consider how the positive attributes of colour can be better incorporated into design to improve landscape function and human experience.

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Western aesthetic convention represents an accrual of inherited societal perspectives on the artist, the artifact and its consumer. A review of its history and the etymology of its terminology discloses a twofold problem. The first aspect concerns the separation of the manufacture of aesthetic objects from their economic raison d'etre. The second involves the categorization of these artifacts into art or craft. This problem is compounded when considering Western judgements on non-Western aesthetics. Inuit handicraft provides an appropriate model to illustrate the fact that present convention and nomenclature prove inadequate in addressing both intra and especially extra-cultural concerns. A broader and more inclusive orientation is needed.