We as humans seek connections and closeness, and psychology enlightens us as to why that is. Our close relationships are essential to our health, well-being, personal happiness, and even personality develop - ment. (1.) These are the bonds that hold together our minds on a small scale and hold together our society on a bigger scale. For it being such an essen - tial part of our life, why is it that so many of us feel lost when it comes to building a strong bond with a person? Closeness and intimacy can express themselves in many ways, and these expressions differ from person to person. We get taught by things we see in the media, on the streets, in society. Like holding hands, kisses, and the giving of gifts. Then there is what we see from our parents and our family. Our personal background shapes our idea of how inti - macy is expressed. Per usual the majority of what we know on how to form strong relations is expe - rience-based knowledge, either our own or that of the people close to us. But what about all the knowl - edge out there scientifically captured from the wild, don’t we have access to this? And if so why are we not engaging with it? Building on the main psychological concepts of inti - macy I aim to make a bridge between the academic world and the real world.(2) As a student, I have access to certain knowledge and as a designer, I can figure out how to communicate them. I am exploring how I can make intimacy visible, tangible, and with that, more readily available. I am doing this by designing artifacts that act between two people. These artifacts aim to facilitate intimate practices that inspire trust, closeness, and self-disclosure. 1. Mashek and Aron. Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy. (New York: Routledge, 2013). 2. Richard Bunchanan, “Wicked Problems in Design Thinking.” Design Issues 8, no. 2 (Spring 1992): 5-21. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1511637
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98181 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Brandsma, Nynke |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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