Browsing Design and Visual Arts Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Street combing: An investigation into the use of found materials from the urban landscape in contemporary jewellery making
(2011)My Masters by Research project took me from the insular environs of the jewellery workbench to the social environs of urban Auckland and Taipei. Directed by the writing of contemporary jewellers, such as Roseanne Bartley ... -
Tactile technologies
(2008)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can sensory design, and specifically tactility, be used to support the production of individual meaning within the context of (developing) mobile communication technologies? This project uses ... -
Taonga – not dead fish! : how can the ethos of Māori taonga be presented in the marketplace of New Zealand / Aotearoa small-scale fisheries?
(2013)Artisanal fisheries from the Seychelles – an isolated archipelago in the Indian Ocean, some 1500 kilometers east of mainland Africa, label each fish with a unique code and an Internet address. This enables chefs, retailers ... -
Virtualising the stories of Ngākau Māhaki mā te whare e arahi : let the whare be the guide
(2016)This research investigated how mātauranga Māori, recorded histories and events associated with Unitec’s Te Noho Kotahitanga marae can be shared within a digital space. To this end, I developed a model digital repository ... -
Visual language in architectural design
(2002)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: Can all domains of visual culture be sources of ideas in architectural design? If so, what visual tools can be employed to represent them? Modern life is mediated through the visual screen. ... -
Visual storytelling & journeying
(2014)Illustration is a medium that can enhance and interpret storytelling. When part of sequential art, like comics or graphic novels, it can effectively communicate ideas using specific visual conventions. This masters by ... -
What is a design language in the service of the experience of light? Exegesis.
(2013)The intent of this project is to explore the perception of light through a set of experiments, creating opportunities for narratives driven by light. These experiments define a process that becomes more and more reductive ...