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- Broms, Loove, 1977-, et al.
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Persuasive Engagement : Exploiting Lifestyle as a Driving Force to Promote Energy-aware Use Patterns and Behaviours
- 2009
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Ingår i: Undisciplined! Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2008.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Electricity consumption has been rising significantly in the western world the last decades and this has affected the environment negatively. Efficient use and more energy conservative usage patterns could be ways to approach this problem. However, electricity has for a long time actively been hidden away and it is rarely thought of unless it ceases to exist. From the perspective of critical design, we have been working to find methods to visualise electricity and electricity consumption in everyday life to promote environmentally positive behavioural change. In this paper, we are looking at how aspects of lifestyles can be used in design as central driving forces that could lead to changed behaviour. Attempts to promote behavioural changes related to energy consumption might be successfully carried out when people are offered desirable alternatives that are engaging and that do not impose a perceived extra burden in their everyday life. This argument is exemplified through two design concepts, the AWARE Laundry Lamp and the Energy Plant, which are examples on how to increase people’s energy awareness and offer them means for reducing their energy consumption in the home. Both prototypes are inspired by current trends in lifestyle as well as actual observed user behaviour.
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- Broms, Loove, 1977-, et al.
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The Energy AWARE Clock : Incorporating Electricity Use in the Social Interactions of Everyday Life
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design andInverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2009).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- New interfaces to the energy system can facilitate changes of habits and provide means to control the household’s use of energy. In this paper, we look at energy use and such interfaces in the home from a socio- technical perspective. We describe how interviews and user observations can be used in combination with the theory of domestication to inform and inspire the design of interfaces to the energy system. As a result of our approach, we present the Energy AWARE Clock, an example of a new type of electricity meter that challenges the norm of how the electricity system is typically represented in the home. The Energy AWARE Clock makes use of a clock metaphor to visualise electricity-use in relation to time in everyday life. Energy-awareness products always challenge domestic social patterns and it is important to consider these aspects in the design process to find successful solutions for the future.
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- Fridell Anter, Karin, et al.
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NEUTRAL GREY – AN ABSTRACTION?
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the International Colour Association, AIC 2009. - Sydney : The Colour Society of Australia, Inc. September 2009, Sydney, Australia.. - 1877040 76 2 ; , s. 1-4
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents part of the research project Greyness and spatial experience. Its main objective is to discuss the concept of neutral grey and to investigate the preconditions for perceiving neutral grey colours in different situations. Neutral grey is defined as having similarity only to black and white, not to the chromatic elementary colours. Greyish colour samples have been observed with different backgrounds and in different light. One of these series is presented in detail in the paper, the conclusions from others are considered in the discussion, together with relevant literature. Greyish colours are seldom perceived as neutral, but rather tend to get a perceived hue, which depends on the observation situation. Inherent neutral grey colours are not found in nature. In production of materials and artefacts no tolerance level can assure a total lack of hue. In conclusion we suggest that neutral grey should be considered as an abstraction, its unique but in practice unobtainable quality lying in its absolute lack of hue and chromaticness.
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- Fridh, Kristina, 1961
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The Materiality of the Surface
- 2009
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Ingår i: Architecture and Phenomenology, June 26-29, 2009, Japan.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the project, “The Materiality of the Surface”, is to examine if, and in that case how the way of using different materials when forming space is connected with different cultures’ conceptions of space. The paper summarizes the outcome of this project, which is financed by the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish government agency for research. The research project is based at the School of Design and Crafts, the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg and has been going on from 2006 to 2009. It will be presented in the form of an exhibition and a publication in autumn 2009 at the Swedish Design Museum, Rohsska, in Gothenburg. The study is a continuation of the thesis Japanese rooms, where Japanese conceptions of space are discussed in relation to characteristics of emptiness and changeability in traditional and contemporary Japanese architecture, by means of a phenomenological approach and also through hermeneutic interpretations. In Japanese cultural tradition, space is conceived as a subjective perception, a physical experience and a changeable process, which differs from European tradition. In “The Materiality of the Surface”, the relation that different architects have to ways of using different building materials when forming space is examined and studied, according to different conceptions of space. The study includes contemporary Swedish and Japanese architecture, and in the first, more theoretical part of the project, two Swedish and two Japanese architects’/architectural offices’ works are examined and compared, and the point of departure is their relation to materials and spatial conceptions. The Japanese architects/architectural offices are Kengo Kuma & Associates/Kengo Kuma and SANAA/Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa and the Swedish ones are Wingardhs/Gert Wingardh and Claesson Koivisto Rune/Marten Claesson. The other part of the project “The Materiality of the Surface” comprises empirical studies and examinations through design and laboratory work and focuses primarily on the building material glass. The project includes glass design – how to change the characteristics of materiality by using different techniques such as laminating and screen printing glass. Since the project includes the production of design work, it therefore belongs to the field of artistic research. The two persons working on this project are: Kristina Fridh, PhD/architect and Thomas Laurien, textile designer, who specializes in surface design. Combining the competencies of an architect and a textile designer is a new way of approaching the main questions of the project.
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-
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Acoustic design Artifacts and Methods for Urban Soundscapes
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of a meeting held 5-9 July 2009, Krakow, Poland.. - : International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV). - 9781615677368 ; , s. 1-8
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The research question is: "How to develop and apply acoustic artefacts and design method-ologies for improving soundscapes in urban outdoor spaces?" In the project, this research question is limited to one specific type of urban outdoor space – city-park – and to two types of acoustic design artefacts. These are: I. Dynamic promotion of qualitative site specific sounds (e.g., the overall site specific sonic atmosphere, sounds from activities, birds and fountains), which creates an improved soundscape. II. Sound-art installations, that creates de-limited auditory sub-spaces within the park/square.
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- Hellström, Björn, 1959-, et al.
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Room acoustic design in open-plan offices
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Volume 31 Pt.3. - St. Albans, United Kingdom : Institute of Acoustics. - 9781615676804 ; , s. 2954-2959
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a Nordic cooperation project the acoustical conditions in open-plan offices was investigated. Measurements have been carried out in five open plan offices accompanied with an inquiry gathering the subjective judgments by the staff. A program for the acoustical measurements was designed specifying how to perform the measurements and which type of parameters to measure. The acoustical parameters included in the measurements are Reverberation time T20, Early Decay Time (EDT), Clarity (C50), Speech transmission index (STI), Speech intelligibility index (SII), Privacy Index (PI), Rate of spatial decay of sound pressure levels per distance doubling (DL2 ), Excess of sound pressure level with respect to a reference curve (DLf), background noise levels in occupied and unoccupied offices. In two of the offices are furbishment program was carried out. Measurements as well as questionnaire were accomplished after refurbishment. The effect on room acoustic parameters DL2 and DLf and on subjective judgments by the staff will be presented in this paper.
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- Klarén, Ulf, 1944-, et al.
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The Spacious Greyness : On Colour Light and Space
- 2009
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Ingår i: AIC 2009 Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the International Colour Association Sydney, Australia 27 September to 2 October 2009. - Sydney : The Colour Society of Australia, Inc. September 2009, Sydney, Australia.. - 1877040762
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the project Greyness and spatial experience1 we have studied visual qualities in grey/greyish colours “on location” in the - spatial - world around. We have carried out a number of observation series not only aiming to investigate variation of greyness in different spatial situations but also to develop a methodology and equipment for such studies. In this paper perception of greyness is discussed in relation to our own observations and to scientific and scholarly references. We make some basic reflections on colour in spatial context and in relation to traditional colour theory.In spatial context colours with low chromaticness, near the grey-scale, play a more significant role than distinctly chromatic colours; hence they are very important in design of built spaces, both exterior and interior. The logically balanced distribution of greyness in shadows and in surfaces against the light produces a spatial feeling of coherency, and greyish inherent colours generally form a subordinated background to colours with high chromaticness. Simultaneously greyness to a high degree conduces to differentiation of spatial experience; an over-all spatial experience of greyness normally offers subtle but distinct contrasts of hue.In the field of colour most scientific research deals with colour phenomena as such. If focusing on colour as spatial phenomenon, colour theory can be given theoretical connection to intuitive understanding of the world around and be part of a wider field of aesthetic research.
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- Willén, Maja, 1983-
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Den öppna bostaden som konsumtionsgenerator
- 2009
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Ingår i: Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings: Kultur–Natur: Konferens för kulturstudier i Sverige 2009, Norrköping 15-17 juni. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. ; , s. 223-233
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