The thesis explores how designers utilize and reflect on their personal experiences within the design process. It tackles the reasons why these experiences should not be automatically rejected as biased and why critical thinking should be a fundamental tool for exploring these questions in the field. The secondary research part of the thesis investigates theories and ideas from themes such as creativity and memory, cognition and prejudice, hermeneutics, autoethnography and design thinking. The primary research part of the thesis consists of an analysis of a qualitative survey and in-depth service designer interviews. The thesis investigates the designer’s role of within the design briefs. It aims to bring light to presumptions an...
Emphasis on creativity and innovation differentiates product design from many other organizational t...
This master’s thesis is a practice-based design research on personal experiences of practicing femin...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.The purpose of the st...
Building a personal brand touches all designers at some point in their careers. However, personal br...
This thesis explores the creative process through an artistic ensemble of textiles, garments and wri...
Design tools, just like any design objects, can be examined from the angle of their making, and this...
There is a persistent belief among design scholars that design and science are fundamentally differe...
My thesis work is a project study about the interpretation and use of experience-based knowledge in ...
This thesis is a personal exploration into perception and various perceptual phenomena. Through this...
The dissertation investigates the role of autobiographical memories with emotional significance in a...
In this thesis I will demonstrate what intellectual abilities and capacities are used in the fashion...
The objective of the research presented in this thesis was to explore human experiences as ground fo...
This thesis describes the relations between objects, practices, and individuals. The main objective ...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a new perimeter of design thinking with respect to the valu...
Opinnäytetyöni on ammatti-identiteettitutkielma, jossa peilaan omia käsityksiäni muotoilusta tunnust...
Emphasis on creativity and innovation differentiates product design from many other organizational t...
This master’s thesis is a practice-based design research on personal experiences of practicing femin...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.The purpose of the st...
Building a personal brand touches all designers at some point in their careers. However, personal br...
This thesis explores the creative process through an artistic ensemble of textiles, garments and wri...
Design tools, just like any design objects, can be examined from the angle of their making, and this...
There is a persistent belief among design scholars that design and science are fundamentally differe...
My thesis work is a project study about the interpretation and use of experience-based knowledge in ...
This thesis is a personal exploration into perception and various perceptual phenomena. Through this...
The dissertation investigates the role of autobiographical memories with emotional significance in a...
In this thesis I will demonstrate what intellectual abilities and capacities are used in the fashion...
The objective of the research presented in this thesis was to explore human experiences as ground fo...
This thesis describes the relations between objects, practices, and individuals. The main objective ...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a new perimeter of design thinking with respect to the valu...
Opinnäytetyöni on ammatti-identiteettitutkielma, jossa peilaan omia käsityksiäni muotoilusta tunnust...
Emphasis on creativity and innovation differentiates product design from many other organizational t...
This master’s thesis is a practice-based design research on personal experiences of practicing femin...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.The purpose of the st...