Keywords: Krzysztof Warlikowski; TR Warszawa; Nowy Teatr; Polish theatre after 1989
Provides details of Krzysztof Warlikowski's professional career and productions up to 2010, as well as a selected bibliography of written and audiovisual sources, in English, French, and Polish.
More...Keywords: design theory; “form follows function”; modernism; functionalism; E. H. Gombrich; H. W. Janson
This article is a longer note on what is a minor problem in the oeuvre of a great art historian. Its theme is E. H. Gombrich’s use of the formula form follows function as the summary of his commonsense approach to the problem of style change. Although I am not sure how interesting this inquiry is in an art historical context, from the perspective of my own field of design history and of modernist design theory, Gombrich's adoption of the formula constitutes an intriguing problem.
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Keywords: reverse logistics; designing
Logistics processes of return flow became more and more important in present business practice. Because of better customer satisfaction, environmental and financial aspects many enterprises deal with reverse logistics performance. The paper is a literature review focused on the design principles of reverse logistics processes.
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Keywords: Web technologies; web 2.0; mobile technologies; industrial maintenance engineering; IS methodologies; participatory design; action design; design research
Purpose – The paper goes through and outlines the developments of IS methodologies as well as certain research approaches applied. In addition, the technical aspects of the ICT architectures are discussed for purposes of the development and implementation of the mobile web technologies for the industrial domain. Design/methodology/approach – The author organizes the relevant literaturefindings in three sections named the ICTs in the industrial maintenance domain, web oriented architecture and the IS development methodologies. The findings are analysed and discussed while highlighting aspects of the ICT architectures, IS methodologies and different approaches that one needs to be aware of for successful design and implementation of the mobile web technologies. Findings – The results reveal that mobile technologies have been developed mainly with the prototype and design approach where emphasis has been on the technical aspects. For the above mentioned reason the author reviews the area of the IS development methodologies as well as the ICT architectures, which shows rapid and dynamic process over time. In addition, it was found that for successful planning, implementation and use of the mobile web technologies it is important to emphasize other aspects and not just the technological ones. The research approaches that shed light on the IS development process are the Action design research as well as Participatory design approach. Research limitations/implications – The current work presented in this paper shows that to develop sustainable ICTs, especially mobile web technologies for the industrial domain, there is a need to consider various aspects which put an emphasis on not just the technological aspects of the developed systems but also, for instance, on the organizational context as well as the user’s needs and various stakeholders. It is, therefore, important to choose proper IS methodologies, tools, techniques and approaches for sustainable ICTs in the domain of interest. Practical implications – The current work pinpoints important aspects to understand and consider when choosing the IS methodology, tools and techniques for the mobile web technologies. Originality/Value – The paper pinpoints important characteristics to consider when planning to develop and implement mobile web technologies into the industrial maintenance engineering domain.
More...Keywords: Building performance assessment; Disability inclusion; Facility management; Nonstructural fuzzy decision support system; Universal design;
Tended to view disability inclusion as merely another mandate, building and construction practitioners have yet to recognize its value in social sustainability. In academia, similarly, it has received less attention than other building performance attributes such as environmental friendliness and indoor air quality. With rights to access now acknowledged as basic human rights, there is demand for a tool to assess building disability inclusiveness, indicating the extent to which building considerations include persons with disabilities (PWDs). This paper proposes a Building Inclusiveness Assessment Score (BIAS) to fill the existing gap. The BIAS framework comprises two hierarchies of inclusion attributes identified from literature, guides, and standards of barrier-free access and universal design. The final product consists of two building disability inclusiveness assessment tools: the Physical Disability Inclusion Sub-score (PDIS) and the Visual Impairment Inclusion Sub-score (VIIS). These are simple, quantitative, objective tools for assessing buildings. We performed a Monte Carlo simulation to validate the assessment protocols. Following the validation, we assessed 48 university buildings at four universities in Hong Kong to illustrate the real-life application of the tools.
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Keywords: Risk Management; Infrastructure Projects; Design Phase; Cooperative Risk Management
Large Infrastructure projects face many risks due to their complex technical and social conditions. But who is handling a risk is often not the result of an adequate risk distribution, it is more a function of power. And even though systematic risk management should be a basic element of a professional project management, it is not normative in the execution phase and it is unusual in the design phase of these projects. Contractors often take only risks into account, which are obvious or described by the client. They often disregard risks, because it seems to be no “space” in the bid because of the market situation. Clients rarely have a systematic risk management in their projects and are not focused on a fair risk allocation, they try to allocate as much risks as possible at the contractors side. This paper presents an approach for a cooperative and integral risk management for infrastructure projects, the design and the execution phase included. Recent literature and field study results are considered. This holistic approach includes elements as the clients process responsibility, life cycle orientation, a minimizing concept, risk transparency, a risk list, cooperative risk management, risk controlling and risk reviews.
More...Keywords: coercive management problem context; the emancipatory paradigm; the systems methodology; Critical systems heuristics; improving the stakeholders' position
The main research objective of this paper is to critically reassess the conceptual foundations, and methodological and methodical development of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) - as a relevant representative of the emancipatory paradigm - in order to determine the conditions, ways and achievements of its application in structuring the coercive management problems in organizations. The scientific instrumentarium corresponding to this research aim is critical systems thinking with its three key commitments to: a) critical awareness of the strengths and weaknesses of any research instrument - a theory, a methodology, a method, a technique, a model - for managing the problem situations, including CSH, as the emancipatory systems approach to management, b) improvement of structuring those coercive problems in organizations, in which the sources of coercion can be identified, and c) pluralism - respect the different perceptions and interpretations of problem situations in organizations, and enable the combined use of selected research instruments. The main research result is the knowledge that CSH - considering its conceptual foundations, and methodological and methodical development - enables to reveal the normative contents of the proposed designs of organizational systems, i.e. enables to identify the stakeholders who benefit from the proposed changes implementation. Based on this finding, it can be concluded that through the use of critically heuristic categories and dialectical debate between those involved and those affected by the designs, but who are not included in decision making, CSH endeavours to - in application - support the process of improving position of all stakeholders.
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Keywords: visual identity; e-learning; web design; icon;
The information society has become increasingly dependant on programs that are subjected to frequent evolutive, basic and logical changes for a variety of reasons whereas the visual design of the program/program interface mostly remains the same or gets slightly modified. The development of technology has become to such an extent a commonplace that the use of redesigned programs implies icons that are visually acceptable although representing obsolete technologies and that are eventually hard to change due to the habits developed by the program users. The research presents a study into the personal preference as to a particular icon, “Save” for example, and into the perception of the visual identities of today's programs under the circumstance of program icons being not compliant with the technological state-of-the-art. Based on the obtained results, the survey that included students attending web design and media technician courses and ECDL course participants who come in contact with computers and programming tools for the first time should enlighten both teachers and designers of programming interfaces about the way of linking the formal knowledge with a constructivist approach to designing and redesigning programs.
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Keywords: information system; parametric architecture; grid; computer assisted drawing; space planning;
The parametric approach to architectural design is intended to help architects in the generation of complex types of shapes and of volumes, taking into account data on different areas affecting the architectural project. The tools of BIM technology (Building Information Modeling) are finding success in this digital approach. However, some projects require the mastery of a very large number of parameters but above all, the opportunity to change the values quickly and easily, according to the needs and to the arising of constraints. The spaces allocation in a project is a significant example as it requires massive data management and their combination. The solution would be an information system dedicated to the management of all project data, and which would be automatically linked to a computer assisted drawing tool. The aid system thus designed, gives flexibility and adaptability to the projects involving a large volume of information.
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Keywords: Interactive architecture; Interaction narrative; Design theory; Responsive systems; Automated systems;
In this position paper, we present the results of ongoing theoretical investigation into the phenomenon of “interactive architecture.” Interaction in architecture deals with the meaningful exchange of information and physical acts between building and person. Beyond responsive systems like automated doors, shading systems, and so on, most examples of interactive architecture are technological explorations that probe the possibilities and potentials of interaction. In this paper, we claim that this state is not enough. The focus in this paper is on the design of comprehensive and consistent styles of interaction rather than a series of isolated and unrelated interaction events. Different people in various contexts require different sets of behavior from an interactive building. In turn, these sets are conceptualized as “interaction narratives.” We argue that such narratives can provide a better fit of the interactive building with the user, and lead to more profound understanding of such systems.
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Keywords: Human computer interaction; Learning Management System; Blackboard learn; Web-based distance education environment; Online learning; Web user interface; User satisfaction; H.5
This study is a research paper to evaluate user satisfaction experienced in using the user interface designed for courses using Blackboard Learn, which is a web-based platform for developing and delivering courses online. In addition to user satisfaction, the study also focuses on usability evaluation criteria including ease of use of the user interface, usefulness of the user interface and clarity in design of the user interface, for online learning.
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Keywords: Digital educational resources; instructional design; online applications.
Even if we have educational software, digital resources, online applications, or a virtual learning platform, learning activities planning is not easier or less accurate. Learning and assessment need to be designed even more closely and better tied to learning objectives, to avoid distractors, to fit on the time available, to maximize the potential of digital support to increase the participation of all students, to complement classroom learning with learning activities at home (flipped classroom). In the context of the “conventional” instructional design, centreed on the calibration of the finalities and methods based on content, theme, audience and available resources, the article presents several models of organising learning originally built to support the design of digital educational games (Quinn, 2005), which can be used to understand how we can transform a didactic activity into an attractive education situation, similar to ludic activities, especially when we can integrate new technologies. We present a selection of three models - mini-scenarios, chained scenarios, conditional scenarios - progressively ordered according to their ability to increase engagement and attractiveness of learning activities.
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Keywords: Distance and e-learning methodology; E-skills; E-competences; Institutional innovation and development; case study; Learning innovation; Lifelong learning
Opening university practices via teacher collaboration and student virtual exchange is a challenging process where technologies create possibilities and facilitate administrative processes, however coherent preparation and coordination of activities is needed. Erasmus+ funded projects create possibilities for teachers to collaborate in course design and delivery for virtual exchange, for students to study virtually abroad, and for institutions to prepare and validate necessary procedures for virtual exchange implementation and recognition.Virtual exchange case implementation revealed the main challenges for teachers, students and universities:Students: in selection and registration for virtual exchange at university abroad;Teachers: collaboration for joint course design and different time of students, joining the course;Universities: in recognition of student and teacher virtual exchange.
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Keywords: collaboration; Collaborative learning; Competence development; Digital competencies; Institutional innovation and development, case study; Work-based learning
This paper presents Project Digital Competencies for Collaboration – across Campuses which is a design-based research project. The project shall illustrate how University College Zealand (UCZ) works with faculty’s competencies developing new ways of using technology to empower faculty collaboration across campuses, to create new designs for teaching and to enable new methods of knowledge sharing. Faculty, in the case presented, is located on four different campuses and an increasingly use of technology can connect faculty members as well as link work and learning in new ways. The paper also shows how a design-based approach can improve educational practice.
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Keywords: Buyer Personas; Content Analysis; Content Strategy; Marketing Communication; Online Marketing; Personas; Product Development; Social Media; Website Content;
Despite the growing popularity of buyer personas as a tool in marketing content creation, very little empirical research has been conducted in the area. The lack of precise methodology or empirical evidence on effectivity of such a method should raise concerns or at least encourage cautious use. Originally used in software development, the clear analogy has been made for use in marketing without proper critical evaluation. Current lack of research consensus about the use of buyer personas in marketing provide room for careless, abstract and conjectural blogs and “howtos” articles. These could potentially mislead the community of marketers and produce substandard campaign results or even worse false assumptions for product development. The aim of this study is to analyse online information sources for buyer persona in marketing communication context and provide coherent view of eventual limitations of a presented method. Content analysis was used to inspect qualitative and quantitative data from most popular webpages with buyer personas instructions. Results shows ultimate disconnection from the original use in software development, very little methodological guidance and lack of reasoning for the use of this possibly dispensable step in marketing content creation process.
More...Keywords: Building information modelling (BIM); architecture studies;
European countries are developing or implementing policies that promote or require the use of information modelling in the architecture, engineering, construction and manufacture sectors. The integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to these sectors includes social, economic, political, legal and other aspects. This is why the implementation of BIM requires an integrated and broad approach that includes not only the BIM implementation and development strategy in designing companies but also in the field of education and professional training. The article discusses the potential of integrating BIM in different study programs and the possibilities of international cooperation in interdisciplinary BIM projects. The different levels of BIM will be explored in connection to different curricula. Particular attention is paid to the compatibility and applicability of design and innovative technology solutions using BIM methodology and the development of co-operation between higher education institutions in the Nordic region [1]. The aim of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis and present the integration model of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into the Architecture programmes in different study cycles based on the example of Nordic countries. Objectives: To provide BIM use opportunities in 3 years Bachelor level based on Engineeering architecture study programme of VIA University College; To provide BIM use opportunities in 5 years Integrated studies based on Architecture studies pro¬gramme of Kaunas University of Technology; To provide BIM use opportunities in the 2 years Master of Science program in Sustainable Architecture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; To perform comparative analysis between different countries and different study cycles; To provide a possible model for integration of the international BIM project in different study cycles.
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Keywords: robustness; progressive collapse; reliability; safety format; pseudo-static response
The estimation of structural robustness remains one of the most important stages of the design of structural systems. Recommended design strategies for the robustness assessment are based on the provisions specified in the actual EN 1991-1-7 and ISO 2394:2015. Currently, the EN 1991-1-7 and ISO2394:2015 allows the use of indirect tie-force method, but normally, non-linear pseudo-static analysis is widely used, because it is based on more realistic constitutive relations for basic variables, which enables a simulation of the real structural behaviour. Implementation of the non-linear pseudo-static analysis for the assessment of a structural system in accidental design situations requires to adopt a different approach to safety format.The paper presents an innovative approach to safety format calibration for non-linear analysis of RC-structures subjected to accidental loads. The proposed method of the robustness estimation is based on the joint energy-saving (conversion) approach and the full probabilistic method for the estimation of a safety format for pseudo-static non-linear response of modified (damaged) structural system. The proposed probabilistic considerations are based on the Order Statistic Theory.
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Keywords: D-efficient design; spring balance weighing design
In this paper, some problems related to the construction of highly D‑efficient spring balance weighing designs are presented. We give some conditions determining the relations between the parameters of such designs and construction examples.
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Keywords: ethnic style; fashion design; traditional elements;
With the gradual development of modern aesthetics, ethnic elements in clothing design are increasingly attracting the attention of consumers. Through the selection of traditional national elements and the combination of modern technology, modern clothing design aims to reach more people, realizing inheriting and advancing the traditional national process. At the same time, redesigning elements such as traditional patterns, styles, modeling, craft techniques through deformation gives a new perspective to modern clothing design.This article aims to reveal the distinction between modern and ethnic by analyzing the national elements in modern clothing design and the application of ethnic elements in the collections of fashion brands in modern clothing design. For this purpose, ethnic collections were examined by making evaluations specific to the collections of fashion brands. These collections were subjected to content analysis and the effects of ethnic elements were revealed.
More...Keywords: sustainable architecture; sustainability; environmental ethics; architectural expression; aesthetics; mind mapping;
This research focuses on the historical development of sustainable architecture. The study highlights the dynamic interrelation between ethics and aesthetics, it identifies the key concepts, trends that are relevant today in order to achieve harmonious co-existence between humans and nature. The article consists of six chapters that chronologically highlight the important developmental turns of environmentally oriented architecture: 1-collision between industrial and natural in the 19th and early 20th centuries, 2-at the edge of the modern movement, 3-environmental awakening in 1960s – 1970s, 4-the wind of change in 1980s, 5-the rise of sustainable architecture in 1990s and the emerging complexity of design, 6-sustainability in architecture as a global phenomenon. The concluding section summarizes and generalizes the findings. It also presents the existing problems, offering insights for the future development. The methodology of the research includes literature review, critical analysis, comparative analysis, and systematization. The mind mapping technique and timeline construction are applied as tools in the study to extract the core ideas and developmental shifts from the linear historical analysis.
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