The tendency to wear out and change is inherent in most materials, but – aside from a few exceptions – has been considered to be undesirable by both the industry and consumers. The work presented in this licentiate thesis suggests that, due to change in some form being an inherent property of textiles, it may be viable to look for alternative ways of designing and perceiving textiles that accept change as one of their qualities.  The experimental work explores change as a quality in textiles from the perspective of the textile material, and examines irreversible changes in textiles from three different perspectives: form, use, and teaching changeability in the field of textile design. Changes in colour, pattern, texture, and structure were explored by developing knitted and woven textiles using materials with pronounced changeable properties, and exposing these to various stimuli, such as outdoor conditions and use in workshops. The experiments suggest that the combination of material and structure defines how textiles change when exposed to various stimuli. A material’s properties define what the textile reacts to and how, while the structure of the textile influences how it changes through the amount and placement of materials. In addition, time and the handling of a textile shape the exact changes that take place. Designing with changeability as a quality in textiles opens up for alternative possibilities as regards creating expressions, wherein time and change are design variables alongside more traditional qualities, and could encourage a diversity of lifespans and changes over various timescales, better connecting textiles to the properties of their raw materials. This may mean that an alternative method for evaluating quality based on change instead of permanence could be viable, wherein the notion of permanence as a sign of quality in textiles is questioned.

This master thesis deals with concept development of a cargo management system for private cars. It has been carried out at the master program of industrial design at Jönköping University in collaboration with the design consultancy Dacat located in Gothenburg. When storing cargo in car trunks a common problem is that the cargo falls over, causing it to break or create disturbance by moving around. Existing solutions are often complicated because they require several steps to secure the cargo and take up much space when not used. Many of the solutions are made as original equipment for specific cars. The aim of this thesis has been to work around the standards of specific car brands or models in order to find a solution that can be used for different brands. Furthermore, the ambition has been to come up with a solution that does not require any extra steps in the cargo securing process and does not take up space when not used. The work has been carried out using the Bootcamp Bootleg method for design processes. Following this method, the report describes research in the Empathize stage, moving on to Define, Ideate and finally Prototype. The result is a concept fulfilling the aims of the project as described earlier and is presented as a full scale prototype. / Detta examensarbete handlar om konceptutveckling av ett lasthanteringssystem för personbilar. Det har utförts vid mastersprogrammet för industridesign på Jönköping University i samarbete med designkonsultföretaget Dacat som ligger i Göteborg. Vid förvaring av last i bagageutrymmet på en bil är ett vanligt problem att lasten rör sig och välter vilket kan göra att den går sönder eller helt enkelt bara skapar ett irritationsmoment. Existerande lösningar är ofta komplicerade eftersom de kräver flera steg för att säkra lasten och de tar ofta upp mycket utrymme även när de inte används. Många av lösningarna är originalutrustning gjord för specifika bilar. Målet med det här examensarbetet har varit att kringgå de specifika standarder som varje biltillverkare har och istället hitta en lösning som kan användas för olika bilmärken. Utöver detta så har ambitionen varit att finna en lösning som inte kräver några extra steg i lastsäkringsprocessen och inte heller tar upp mycket utrymme när den ej används. Arbetet har genomförts men hjälp av Bootcamp Bootleg metoden för designprocesser. Enligt denna metod beskriver rapporten hur arbetet börjar med en förstudie i Empathize- steget, för att sedan gå vidare till Define, Ideate och slutligen Prototype. Det slutgiltiga resultatet är ett koncept som uppfyller de mål som tidigare beskrivits och presenteras som en fullskaleprototyp.

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“Modern physics teaches us that even empty space has a kind of structure and it is charged with energy. The void is never so “empty” as we imagine: it is rather our lack of sensory organs, which leads us to believe that there may be gaps. “ / Program: Modedesignutbildningen

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I det här designprojektet har jag undersökt och utvecklat ett hjälpmedel för vila. Målgruppen är kontorsanställda kvinnor och män som drabbats av ett utmattningssyndrom. Under sin arbetsåtergång är det viktigt för dessa personer att ta regelbundna vilopauser, men många upplever att det saknas platser och sammanhang för det. Jag har huvudsakligen utvecklat mitt designförslag genom att intervjua personer med utmattningssyndrom.

Aural experience and sound thinking, in contrast to visual experience and image thinking, change the fundamental manifestation and perception of a dressed body: from looking and being seen to listening and being heard. Looking at and listening to a body that is wearing high heels are fundamentally different experiences. Although sound is an element of dress and identity, the visual sense is predominant in fashion and fashion education, and fashion is essentially understood to be a system of visual components. As an alternative to this dominant focus on the visual, this research investigates the sonic aspects of fashion, approaching them as largely unexplored and potentially interesting ontological alternatives with which to create an understanding of fashion that goes beyond visual stimuli. The primary aim of the research presented in this thesis was to develop an introductory programme for sonic fashion that suggests a shift in focus – from visual perception and appearance to sonic. The programme consists primarily of ontological theory components: methods, tool-shifters, terms, definitions, and categories. The research was conducted through investigations of sonic dress and sonic expressions, which were approached as interactions between the body and dress that occur during the act of wearing. Sonic aspects were explored on a fundamental level – i.e. the natural (physical) sounds of dress – in a manner that is relatively unprecedented in the fashion field, and so the research was experimental and speculative. Knowledge regarding sonic expressions was collected using sound-based thinking in the form of listening/sounding research artefacts, which raised ontological questions; What is a sonic silhouette? How a sonic silhouette is created? The research was conducted by exploring, recording, and systematising sounds arising from body-dress and dress-dress interactions, as well as speculative experimental workshops with students and case study involving people with differing seeing abilities.More generally, the research broadens our conception of fashion aesthetics by presenting a new direction for the fashion design field; a non-visual aesthetic that is based on sonic expression, wherein sound is considered to be a design/design thinking material and an alternative way of defining a silhouette.

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4CHANGE Magazine is a project greatly inspired by the people actively trying to put their skills and knowledge into creating a better future; grounded on the understanding that change is multidisciplinary; acknowledging that change is now more necessary than ever; and passion to delivering a fair portray of the people featured. This written report visualizes the research, theoretical framing and editing path of my independent thesis project. This assignment began as an intended printed editorial about people that work with/for change, it then shortly evolved into trying to create a thorough analysis about systems and design; and concludes as a collection of interviews and illustrations in an online magazine app format about people working with/for change. The following research is not only about the people interviewed but also about editorial typography, layout, and grid.

Denna uppsats handlar om framställning av smidd spik, dess olika sorter och spikens historia. Arbetet är uppdelat i en praktisk del och en teoretisk del. Den praktiska undersökningen handlar om hur den smidda spiken fram-ställs samt hur dess verktyg och dess funktioner används i ett praktiskt arbete. Spiken i ett byggnadsvårdsarbete bör vara historiskt korrekt i förhållande till byggnaden, det vill säga vanligtvis handsmidd. Därför måste spik tas fram enligt gammal metod med hjälp av hammare, städ och ässja. I den teoretiska delen undersöks fakta om smidd spik i historien och i byggnadsvården, samt tidigare och senare alternativ. Det finns mycket att hämta i litteratur och genom folkmun från smeder.