The Artisan Designer
(2023) In Diploma work IDEM05 20231Industrial Design
- Abstract
- This is a project about local small scale production, a story about how an artisan designer could take on the IKEAs of the world armed with modern day technology and some old fashioned hard work.
This project is at its core a reflection about the
future of design general and my role in particular.
This contemplative journey does a few stops along
the way to discuss the following sentence and why
it’s important….at least to me.
Can I make it as a small-scale locale designer?
I break this sentence down to define and
contextualize it word by word.
The I: In this part I reflect about me and what
decisions that lead me pursuing this project. I go
through my intention, a part that I think is key to
any creative process. I... (More) - This is a project about local small scale production, a story about how an artisan designer could take on the IKEAs of the world armed with modern day technology and some old fashioned hard work.
This project is at its core a reflection about the
future of design general and my role in particular.
This contemplative journey does a few stops along
the way to discuss the following sentence and why
it’s important….at least to me.
Can I make it as a small-scale locale designer?
I break this sentence down to define and
contextualize it word by word.
The I: In this part I reflect about me and what
decisions that lead me pursuing this project. I go
through my intention, a part that I think is key to
any creative process. I do an inventory about my
strengths and weaknesses. I define my dream.
The Make: In this part I make my own definition
of “making it”, this part is mainly driven by
material things such as living cost contra income.
The emotional and/or philosophical definition of
this sentence I hope to have answered in the The
I segment. To make this segment relevant I have
chosen to use the closest to real life numbers as
possible in all my calculations. The downside of
doing this is that real life numbers have a tendency
to change over time and thereby making it less
relevant.
The scale: In this part I give my definition of
small scale. I also try to explain how this relates
to a global and historical context, and why scale
matters.
The Local: I set my geographical focal length, and
explain why.
The Designer: Here I try to figure out what tasks a
designer can do And what tasks that are available
on the local market. I try to explain what skills I
was taught in school, and if they are matching the
current needs and availability. Also here the reader
needs to keep in mind that times are changing and
that this was truest when I graduated 2016.
Even though this started out as a personal
contemplation, my aim was to also make this
rapport relevant for unOlofs too. The border
between the different terms in my sentence is
sometimes blurry and it should be read as a whole. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9112919
- author
- Jansson, Olof
- supervisor
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- Carl Lidgard LU
- Anna Persson LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Den småskaliga lokala designern
- course
- IDEM05 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- LUT-DVIDE/EX--23/50619-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9112919
- date added to LUP
- 2023-03-27 15:05:18
- date last changed
- 2023-03-27 15:05:18
@misc{9112919, abstract = {{This is a project about local small scale production, a story about how an artisan designer could take on the IKEAs of the world armed with modern day technology and some old fashioned hard work. This project is at its core a reflection about the future of design general and my role in particular. This contemplative journey does a few stops along the way to discuss the following sentence and why it’s important….at least to me. Can I make it as a small-scale locale designer? I break this sentence down to define and contextualize it word by word. The I: In this part I reflect about me and what decisions that lead me pursuing this project. I go through my intention, a part that I think is key to any creative process. I do an inventory about my strengths and weaknesses. I define my dream. The Make: In this part I make my own definition of “making it”, this part is mainly driven by material things such as living cost contra income. The emotional and/or philosophical definition of this sentence I hope to have answered in the The I segment. To make this segment relevant I have chosen to use the closest to real life numbers as possible in all my calculations. The downside of doing this is that real life numbers have a tendency to change over time and thereby making it less relevant. The scale: In this part I give my definition of small scale. I also try to explain how this relates to a global and historical context, and why scale matters. The Local: I set my geographical focal length, and explain why. The Designer: Here I try to figure out what tasks a designer can do And what tasks that are available on the local market. I try to explain what skills I was taught in school, and if they are matching the current needs and availability. Also here the reader needs to keep in mind that times are changing and that this was truest when I graduated 2016. Even though this started out as a personal contemplation, my aim was to also make this rapport relevant for unOlofs too. The border between the different terms in my sentence is sometimes blurry and it should be read as a whole.}}, author = {{Jansson, Olof}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Diploma work}}, title = {{The Artisan Designer}}, year = {{2023}}, }