Experiência visual do vestuário
Implicações neurológicas na conceptualização dos afectos
- Name
- Ana Couto
- Year
- 2012
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Maria João Durão, Manuel Clemente
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Scope
- Affection
- Taxonomy
- Epistemology/Phenomenology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 90,300 / 258
- Joint supervision
- No
Study of the relationship between affection and clothing
Research Process (3 methods)
x
Conceptual framework of affect generators
Tool application on the analysis of wardrobes
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Tool development | Generative | Qualitative | x | Conceptual framework of affect generators | 1 |
| 3 | Tool testing | Generative/Evaluative | Qualitative | Participatory | Tool application on the analysis of wardrobes | 15 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced without exchange
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | Yes | No | No |
| Vision | No | No | No |
| Means | No | No | No |
Recommendations (7)
Explore clothing proposals that are less typical of a given category, and designs that blur category boundaries, by analysing both differences and shared elements across clothing categories.
- Scope:
- Micro → Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- High
Investigate geons as low-variability formal elements that can be manipulated to induce innovation in fashion design.
- Scope:
- Micro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium-High
Develop a “fashion neurodesign” perspective by having designers work from the neurological relations identified in the thesis and evaluating the impact on resulting clothing proposals.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Analyse collections by different designers from a neurological / neuroaesthetic perspective in order to expand knowledge in this field.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- High
Pursue targeted studies of colour, novelty, movement of interaction, and processing fluency as especially promising components within fashion neurodesign.
- Scope:
- Micro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium-High
Extend this neuroscience-informed design approach to senses beyond vision and to other aspects of the human relationship with clothing.
- Scope:
- Micro → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Use the importation of neuroscience knowledge into design as a broader research strategy for understanding human behaviour and advancing design inquiry.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium