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INTUITIVE IMPROVISATION: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD FOR DANCE EXPERIMENTATION WITH MOBILE DIGITAL MEDIA

INTUITIVE IMPROVISATION: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD FOR DANCE EXPERIMENTATION WITH MOBILE DIGITAL MEDIA

Author(s): Susan Kozel / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2010

Keywords: phenomenology; social media; dance; improvisation; twitter; relational aesthetics.

This paper is located at the juncture of philosophical and artistic research, offering the second in a series of phenomenologically informed methods relevant to the design and creative use of mobile digital devices called the Intuitive Improvisation method. It is also part of a larger philosophical and artistic project in Social Choreographies which contributes to the ever developing field of social aesthetics by providing a perspective uniquely coloured by dance and phenomenology. Philosophical reflections upon relational aesthetics (Rancière, Bourriaud), method and intuition (Deleuze, Bergson) are contextualized by discussing the IntuiTweet project in dance and networked social media.

„Former Spaces” (photo-essay)

„Former Spaces” (photo-essay)

Author(s): Olja Triaška Stefanovič / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2013

Keywords: photography; Former Spaces

Olja Triaška Stefanovič (1978) was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2007 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at the Department of Photography and New Media in Bratislava, Slovakia. In her art practise she is focused on the relationship between photography and space, historical and sociological memory space, the disappearance of space, but also changes of its functionality and space simulation. For last four years she works at the Department of Photography and New Media and this year finishing her doctoral studies of photography at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. She was presenting her work at many group and solo exhibitions in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain, Germany.

A kurgan grave or an orange squeezer? A matter of personal preference

A kurgan grave or an orange squeezer? A matter of personal preference

Author(s): Julia Sowińska-Heim / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/2010

Keywords: modern architecture; architectural design competitions; sacred architecture; the National Temple of Divine Providence

The National Temple of Divine Providence in Poland has been a source of fierce arguments, even though it was meant to become a symbol of freedom, harmony, reconciliation and solidarity among the Polish people; a votive offering of the nation for the resumption of Polish independence and the pontificate of John Paul II.1 The idea of erecting the building was originally conceived after the signing of the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791, but for the next 200 years it was not possible to implement the project. It was only in 1999 that a committee supported by the Union of Polish Architects invited tenders for the design of the shrine. The jury selected three winning works from over 100 proposals. Of those three, in May 2000, the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Józef Glemp, who was also the originator of the competition, selected the design by Professor Marek Budzyński. The work was viewed as a very interesting concept, complying with international standards. However, the Management Board of the Foundation for the Building of the National Temple of Divine Providence took a surprising decision to reject the design and announced another, closed tender, inviting only selected architectural teams to participate and thus excluding many distinguished architects, among others one of the previous three winners.

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INDIVIDUALIZATION OF THE HOTEL SERVICE

INDIVIDUALIZATION OF THE HOTEL SERVICE

Author(s): Elenita Velikova / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2008

Keywords: boutique; design; hip; lifestyle hotels

In the times of “Economics of the experience” the tourist entrepreneurs search for new possibilities to satisfy the needs of the consumers in order to attract their attention, to hold it for a long time and to make them loyal partners to the tourist companies. As a result of this, they try to individualize the tourist service in such a way so to guarantee for one memorable experience. The main aim of this article is to present the main organizational forms for individualizing the tourist service or the so called “boutique”, “design”, “hip” and “lifestyle” hotels, that offer this kind of service due to their typical design, innovatory conception, unique marketing strategies, etc.

THE AESTHETICS OF LOGO OR WHY COMIC SANS IS NOT TO BLAME

THE AESTHETICS OF LOGO OR WHY COMIC SANS IS NOT TO BLAME

Author(s): Katarína Šantová / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2/2016

Keywords: aesthetics; Comic Sans; design; graphic design; logo; logotype; typography;

The article deals with the relationship between the aesthetics of typography and the aesthetics of logo or logotype. The author claims to answer how much can the typeface influence the success of the brand in the market. The text is supported by the idea of artificial world of digital environment that was inspired by the thesis of Wolfgang Welsch. The author of the article justifies the role of graphic purification and visual coherence that should become the part of our physical and virtual world.

Review on High-Rise Housing Projects in Istanbul: Toward a Sustainable Architecture

Review on High-Rise Housing Projects in Istanbul: Toward a Sustainable Architecture

Author(s): Tuba Sarı / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Keywords: Discourse; images; solid; structures; sustainable;

Emerging with population growth and developing technology as a result of industrial revolution, rapid and unplanned process of urbanization has led to rapid depletion of natural resources in the physical and biological environment. In consequence of urbanization, lack of urban land and accordingly excessive rise of land prices has resulted in vertical construction. In the phases of design, construction, use and demolition, high-rise buildings, consuming much more energy than low-rise buildings, have led to significant changes in the city skyline. With the rise of vertically dense structuring in the world, highrise buildings have become more questionable and requested the answers of how the buildings can be designed to care of human needs. Therefore, green building practices paying attention to ecological data have entered as an important parameter of vertically dense building design. Green building designs, and its derivatives are among the images and discourses used as a marketing strategy for the vertically dense housing design. A significant part of construction projects in Istanbul, claims that they place emphasis on the use of natural building materials and energy efficiency to associate themselves with sustainability discourses. For many segments of society, sustainability is transformed into a perception management gathering terms, such as green technology, renewable energy and smart building. In this respect, the paper aims to evaluate the development of high-rise buildings in Istanbul on Metrocity Towers, Sapphire and Varyap Meridian projects in the context of sustainability principles and practices. These projects describe three different processes and applications of sustainability. The main aim of the paper to discuss the efforts of transformation from solid structures to sustainable buildings based on various images and discourses related to high-rise building projects.

The experience of other countries in the revitalization of streets and trails

The experience of other countries in the revitalization of streets and trails

Author(s): Bogdan-Ionuţ RÎPEANU / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

Keywords: urban design; responsibility; reconstruction; historical sites; conservation

Many cities have realized that investment in the revitalization of streets and pedestrian walkways and care for conservation of monuments and historical sites, not only can boost economic profile of the area, but can bring the city in world tourist route. The objective of these trails is to make life of the pedestrians more pleasant, encouraging them to do shopping and so local economy increase.

Informatics System for Selection of Clamping Surfaces of Workpieces in Machining Fixtures

Informatics System for Selection of Clamping Surfaces of Workpieces in Machining Fixtures

Author(s): Neculai Eugen SEGHEDIN,Dragoş-Florin CHITARIU / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2018

Keywords: fixtures; informatics application; clamping; clamping surfaces; clamping precision;

Fixtures are used for orientation and positioning of workpieces in various machining, control, assembly operations. According to 12S (twelve steps) design methodology, the activity of conception and design of fixtures has strong creative character. This character is determined by the possibility of selection of optimal fixture variant, form a large variety of fixtures. The optimal solution is searched for each main component of the fixture. The methodology allows the generation, in scientific manner, of the solution space, in a larger and larger number in order to increase the possibility of determining the optimal solution. Clamping is the technological phase where orientation and positioning scheme is conserved during machining. The clamping stage consists in applying a force system on the workpiece, in a certain succession on a single or multiple surfaces of the workpiece. The clamping forces are applied only on certain surfaces, entitled clamping surfaces. By clamping forces are understood the actual surfaces and also edges or tightening points. The paper presents an informatics system for selection of clamping surfaces, according to certain criteria. The system allows highlighting of all workpiece surfaces and for each surface an evaluation is made according to the mentioned criteria. Each surface will be characterized by a weighted average that will allow ranking of all surfaces. Also, for each surface the application of forces can be simulated. Thus, it can be visualized the effect of the clamping scheme and the stability, deformation, clamping precision of the workpiece can be assessed. In this way, the optimal clamping surfaces on which the clamping forces will act can be selected.

3D Modeling in Management Processes of New Products Production Preparation

3D Modeling in Management Processes of New Products Production Preparation

Author(s): Józef Matuszek,Tomasz Seneta / Language(s): English / Issue: 12.1/2016

Keywords: processes of production design; modeling; simulation of manufacturing processes

The paper defines the concept of 3D modeling. It includes the characteristics of the production processes preparation in condition of mass production, trends in the methods for process design development of new products in large industrial corporations as well as their implementation in individual enterprises. It presents modern methods of logistic processes modeling and simulation as well as the examples of production activities design including visualization. Finally, the thesis determines the possibilities of given course of proceedings in the application of production practice.

Designing a New Generation MOOC for Undergraduate Mathematics

Designing a New Generation MOOC for Undergraduate Mathematics

Author(s): Geoff Woolcott,Raina Mason,Carolyn Seton / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: Distance and e-learning methodology; Institutional innovation and development, case study; MOOCs; Online learning environments and platforms

This paper outlines the development using a design-based implementation research (DBIR) approach of a new generation massive open online course (ngMOOC) using two innovations: (a) a basis in the human cognitive architecture outlined in cognitive load theory; and (b) point-of-contact feedback that investigates student learning as a process. This preliminary analysis suggests that the DBIR approach supports theoretical standpoints arguing for an understanding of how design for optimal learning can utilise conditions, such as differing online or blended educational contexts, in order to be effective and scalable. The ngMOOC development outlined offers the groundwork for use of adaptive systems that cater for learner expertise and the DBIR approach offers a framework that seems especially useful in constructing and developing online learning that is both self-paced and curriculum based.

Aesthetic Reflection in Managerial Theory and Practice

Aesthetic Reflection in Managerial Theory and Practice

Author(s): Adam Dzidowski / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 6 (80)/2018

Keywords: organisational theory; aesthetics; philosophy; design; visualisation

Research on the aesthetics of organisations, conducted for several decades, has led to organisationsbeing no longer regarded as aesthetically neutral entities, but as forms of expression, susceptible toseveral aspects of human perception, interpretation and reaction. This approach can be of particularimportance for supporting creativity, innovativeness, knowledge conversion, and for critical reflection onthe theory of management and managerial practice. In order to take full advantage of the potential ofthis cognitive perspective, one should turn to applied practices (e.g. the work of designers and artists)combined with theory (of perception, design or art), which have thus far remained beyond the purviewof mainstream organisation and management theory.

Digital fabrication in the process of creation of the parametric concrete fencings

Cyfrowa fabrykacja w procesie projektowym parametrycznych ogrodzeń betonowych

Author(s): Marcin Giedrowicz / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

Keywords: parametric design; digital fabrication; concrete fencing; prefabrication; Rhinoceros; Grasshopper; CNC; detail

This paper is a summary of the research on parametric design methods and digital fabrication in architecture and industrial design. Through the author’s projects, he presents how effective parametric designing process can be in contemporary architecture. This publication is a testimony of a long and full production process of a set of concrete fencings – from design part, through prototyping, digital fabrication, post-production, concreate fabrication and selling process. The design part of this research pertains to algorithmic design methods in Grasshopper software as well as presents a broad range of various technological aspects involved in the fabrication process. In the conclusion part of this paper, the author discloses his expectations towards the future of concrete fencing in Poland and describes a set of appropriate rules that foster a further development of this technology.

The internationalization of architectural practice

The internationalization of architectural practice

Author(s): Venetsiya Dimitrova / Language(s): English / Issue: Spec 8/2020

Keywords: global architects; relational autonomy; internationalization; materialization; professional practice

More than any other profession, architecture has been shaped by the tension between autonomy and heteronomy. Recently, however, this dichotomy is seen as unproductive for understanding architects’ practices in-depth, especially in the context of the growing internationalization that is transforming and restructuring architectural practice. The paper applies the lens of ‘relational autonomy’, grasping architectural practice in relation to the actions of other built environment professionals, and to material artefacts. Dependence is framed not as a threat but as a productive potential. The focus of the paper is on the practices of less prominent architects in celebrity global firms. More specifically, the paper explores the practices enacted during the actual materialization of design-ambitious edifices, on-site and in the workshops of sub-contractors. The main argument is that less visible architects can secure and enhance the (relational) autonomy of global architects during construction, by actively shaping a specific working context, where they can purposefully mobilize dependence. Practices during construction generate new opportunities for creative engagement and enhance architects’ influence over processes beyond their autonomous actions, thereby enabling the making of products with high symbolic value.

THE USE OF GRAPHIC LIBRARIES TO DIVERSIFY THE ASSORTMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING

THE USE OF GRAPHIC LIBRARIES TO DIVERSIFY THE ASSORTMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING

Author(s): Elena Florea-Burduja,Aliona Raru,Daniela Farima,Marcela Irovan,Iuliana Lupu / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2021

Keywords: model system; module; software; e-learning; educational materials; product sketch;

Currently, worldwide, there is a significant increase in the use of computer systems and various information technologies, both in the production system and in education. The use of information technologies leads to an increase in work and productivity efficiency, in a short period of time. The paper, presents a method of diversifying clothing product models, using graphic libraries, created by using Corel Draw software, which can be used as a teaching tool in education, for the course "Computer aided design", as well as within the discipline "Designing series and model systems". The presented concept is structured and as e-learning educational materials, in order to improve the acquisition of the methodology for developing new models of clothing products. The method presented in the paper is based on an advanced study, theoretical and practical, of developing new models for designing clothing products in series and industrial systems. The method is based on the requirements imposed by the wearers. Also, this method may be introduced in the initial stage of creating new models, both within companies and in specialized institutions. The graphic library allows the use, modification and completion with new constructive-functional elements. As a further direction of development, it is proposed to complete the graphic library with functional-constructive elements that would allow obtaining new product model systems. Also here can be created 2D sketches, known as a technical drawing, which is an essential element of the garment. This method is suitable for any person working in the field of clothing design. She allows reducing the time for designing and manufacturing product series, reducing of costs for materials and work and increasing of flexibility and adaptability capacity of the design and manufacturing system, to changes in product requirements.

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Predictors of quality of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Predictors of quality of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Abdullah M. Almanie / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: online stakeholder groups; Instructional Design; Student satisfaction; Quality of distance education;

The aim was to investigate the role of online stakeholder groups, Instructional Design and Student satisfaction in predicting Quality of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey method was used . The online stakeholder groups, Instructional Design and Student satisfaction are the IVs, while the dependent variable is Quality of distance education. Students were selected for data collection. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from the target students. Data were collected via an online questionnaire survey. I shared with students an online link via Facebook and WhatsApp groups to reach most of the University students to fill up the online questionnaire. This study has unique implications for universities as it provides guidelines for universities to implement distance education effectively ,hoping to facilitate students learning. This research study contributes to the literature of distance education. It is a unique study in its handling of variables such as online stakeholder groups, Instructional Design and Student satisfaction as predictors of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic .

Particularities and Nature of Space Projects: Engineering or Social Architecture?

Particularities and Nature of Space Projects: Engineering or Social Architecture?

Author(s): Vadim Rozin / Language(s): English / Issue: 28/2022

Keywords: designing; space; implementation; conditions; environment; schemes; methodology; support; sociality;

The article raises the issue of the nature of space projects. Some of them were implemented, but most remained on paper. On the one hand, the author discusses specific features of nonconventional social engineering to which he, in particular, refers space projects, and on the other hand ‒ the successful social Donor Project. He demonstrates that the designer cannot rely on existing prototypes in nonconventional design. Therefore, he/she is compelled to constitute the object being designed. To characterize the processes being developed and conditions defining them, he/she has to conduct researches and formulate concepts of these processes, to form the environment and the strategy of implementation of the project. Besides, nonconventional design implies the formation of a number of new kinds of activity (involvement of users in the designing, complex management, expert examination of projects, etc.). The analysis of the Donor Project made it possible to identify such conditions of success of this project as sound financial support, efficient project management, availability of administrative resource¸ methodological support, and interest of the main social subjects in its implementation. The author used characteristics of nonconventional and social design revealed in the analysis in the second part of the article at the discussion of space projects. He considers conditions under which such projects may be developed and implemented. The Donor Project could be developed and implemented due to creating a number of unique conditions, but in terms of scale, this project is nothing compared to space projects. Though the author shows the problematical character of the development of space projects – as yet there are no necessary conditions required for their implementation – he deems it necessary to continue to work on them, keeping in mind that it is a matter of nonconventional and social design

The Discourse on Furniture Recycling. A Consideration of European Documents and Company Policies

The Discourse on Furniture Recycling. A Consideration of European Documents and Company Policies

Author(s): Cecilia Policsek / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Keywords: discourse analysis; recycling; furniture manufacturing and recycling; furniture from natural fiber composites;

The current paper acknowledges the importance assigned nowadays at different levels to environmental aspects, in general, and to recycling, in particular, and builds on the centrality of the notion of recycling to scrutinize the way it has permeated and influenced the discourse of a furniture manufacturing. It does so by using the instruments of critical literature review and considers a number of representative articles on the topic, European Union documents and documents issued by companies that produce furniture. While special emphasis is placed on companies located in Europe, the reference to areas outside Europe has also been considered relevant, from a comparative perspective. The paper aims at contributing to a better understanding of the emergent Romanian discourse of furniture recycling within the European context

Mechatronics Systems

Mechatronics Systems

Author(s): Ladislav Jurišica / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2007

Keywords: mechatronics; robotics; integration; electortechnics; control;

The term mechatronics refers to systems with special characteristics that can be achieved only as a whole, and cannot be realized through other means. Integrating mechanical and electronic components with control systems and informatics during design was introduced due to new performance requirements on system quality, its overall reliability, dynamics, low energy consumption, low weight, etc. The paper is focused on the basic information about mechatronics.