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Design de produto e corpo humano

Ligações objecto-corpo na contemporaneidade

Name
Rui Dias
Year
2014
Institution
Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors
Leonor Ferrão
Discipline
Product Design
Scope
Human body
Taxonomy
Ontology
Type
Theoretical
Language
Portuguese
Wordcount / Pagecount
131,950 / 377
Joint supervision
No

The human body in product design culture

Research Process (2 methods)

1. Literature review N = x
Exploratory Qualitative

x

2. Artefact analysis N = unspecified
Exploratory/Generative Qualitative

Analysis of body-object interaction

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 (5)

R228 Theoretical & Conceptual Methodological Priority: High

Expand the body model by incorporating additional disciplinary understandings of the body and new links between them, especially from psychology, human movement studies, medicine, and neuroscience.

Scope:
Micro → Macro
Time Horizon:
Medium
Evidence Strength:
Exploratory
Feasibility:
Medium
R229 Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Process & Organization Priority: High

Experiment with the proposed “model-map” in real design projects and in design teaching to assess its usefulness for project development and studio pedagogy.

Scope:
Meso
Time Horizon:
Medium
Evidence Strength:
Indicative
Feasibility:
High
R230 Methodological Process & Organization Priority: High

Articulate the “model-map” explicitly with design methodologies and process models so that it can operate as a methodological tool, not only as a conceptual framework.

Scope:
Meso
Time Horizon:
Medium
Evidence Strength:
Indicative
Feasibility:
Medium-High
R231 Artifact, System & Service Design Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: Medium-High

Develop product/object prototypes and a teaching-oriented version of the map, with briefs and prompts adapted to different levels of university education.

Scope:
Meso
Time Horizon:
Short → Medium
Evidence Strength:
Indicative
Feasibility:
High
R232 Theoretical & Conceptual Artifact, System & Service Design Priority: Medium

Investigate a new “imponderable body” model for extreme or zero-gravity conditions — a body outside Earth — as a frontier case for product design.

Scope:
Macro
Time Horizon:
Long
Evidence Strength:
Exploratory
Feasibility:
Low-Medium