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The Artisan Designer

Jansson, Olof (2023) In Diploma work IDEM05 20231
Industrial 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)
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author
Jansson, Olof
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Den småskaliga lokala designern
course
IDEM05 20231
year
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
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  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}},
}