Benchmark
(2014) In Diploma work IDEM05 20141Industrial 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
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- Anna Persson LU
- Per Liljeqvist LU
- organization
- 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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