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Lindblom, Elin

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Lindblom, Elin (2014) In Diploma work IDEM05 20141
Industrial Design

Abstract: The goal was to investigate the possibility of designing a piece of
furniture with a high initial- and long-term value to increase the
probability of it being kept for generations. The methods to find out
were: qualitative empirical studies, analysing second-hand shops and
antique-shops, and literature studies. The research suggests that
emotional value and the story around the object is of high importance
for a long-lived object. The result is a versatile and sustainable piece of furniture. With a text on the furniture saying “With love, from one generation to the next”, a story is told, the intention of the furniture is shown and hopefully it initiates a spark of emotional attachment. The conclusion is however; the only thing I –... (More); The goal was to investigate the possibility of designing a piece of
furniture with a high initial- and long-term value to increase the
probability of it being kept for generations. The methods to find out
were: qualitative empirical studies, analysing second-hand shops and
antique-shops, and literature studies. The research suggests that
emotional value and the story around the object is of high importance
for a long-lived object. The result is a versatile and sustainable piece of furniture. With a text on the furniture saying “With love, from one generation to the next”, a story is told, the intention of the furniture is shown and hopefully it initiates a spark of emotional attachment. The conclusion is however; the only thing I – as a designer – can do is to create an item with the encouragement and possibility to be long-lived; the user himself is the only one to create the emotional attachment. (Less)

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author

Lindblom, Elin

supervisor

Anna Persson ^LU
Per Liljeqvist ^LU

organization

Industrial Design

course

IDEM05 20141

year

2014

type

H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)

subject

publication/series

Diploma work

report number

|ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--13/50221—SE

ISSN

ISRN

language

English

id

4529907

date added to LUP

2014-07-01 15:39:23

date last changed

2014-07-01 15:39:23

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  abstract     = {{The goal was to investigate the possibility of designing a piece of
furniture with a high initial- and long-term value to increase the
probability of it being kept for generations. The methods to find out
were: qualitative empirical studies, analysing second-hand shops and
antique-shops, and literature studies. The research suggests that
emotional value and the story around the object is of high importance
for a long-lived object. The result is a versatile and sustainable piece of furniture. With a text on the furniture saying “With love, from one generation to the next”, a story is told, the intention of the furniture is shown and hopefully it initiates a spark of emotional attachment. The conclusion is however; the only thing I – as a designer – can do is to create an item with the encouragement and possibility to be long-lived; the user himself is the only one to create the emotional attachment.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Benchmark}},
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