A (in)visibilidade dos objectos
Design, Arte, apropriação, autoria e circulação na era da informação
- Name
- Luís Silva
- Year
- 2012
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- José Miranda, Maria João Durão
- Discipline
- Design
- Scope
- Authorship
- Taxonomy
- Ontology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 136,395 / 433
- Joint supervision
- No
Exploring the problem of authorship in design and art
Research Process (3 methods)
x
Artistic example
Case study of the legal battle between photographer Art Rogers and artist Jeff Koons
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Case study | Generative | Qualitative | x | Artistic example | 1 |
| 3 | Case study | Generative | Qualitative | x | Case study of the legal battle between photographer Art Rogers and artist Jeff Koons | 1 |
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 (6)
Make copyright, appropriation, and property regimes a core part of design education and professional training so designers can act critically and lucidly in digital culture.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Short → Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
Revisit copyright and intellectual-property frameworks for digital design practice and test more flexible licensing models that protect authorship while enabling legitimate reuse, quotation, and circulation.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Treat economic, political, and legal forces as intrinsic dimensions of design practice rather than external constraints, and embed them directly into design methods and critique.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium-High
Recognize appropriation, remix, and critical reuse as legitimate design/art strategies, but pair them with explicit ethical, contextual, and legal evaluation protocols.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Short → Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Develop and test critical design interventions that expose how brands, luxury, and price construct the symbolic value of objects, using market-facing experiments similar to ERASED PRICE.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate how digital reproduction dissolves distinctions between original/copy, producer/consumer, and object/image, and update design theory and pedagogy accordingly.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- High