Design para Etiquetas do Vestuário
Compreensão e usabilidade da simbologia têxtil por profissionais brasileiros autônomos de lavagem e passadoria
- Name
- Maria Alves
- Year
- 2022
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Gonçalo Falcão, Hans da Nóbrega Waechter
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Scope
- Information design
- Taxonomy
- Phenomenology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 83,985 / 256
- Joint supervision
- Yes (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Information design for improving understanding of textile care labels and symbols.
Research Process (12 methods)
x
Laundry workers from 8 different establishments
University students
Autonomous laundry and ironing workers
Instructional materials on textile care symbols
Laundry/ironing workers
Researchers in instructional design
autonomous laundry/ironing workers
(29 control, 35 Experimental)
23 (control) and 27 GI (experimental)
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Interview | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | Laundry workers from 8 different establishments | 15 |
| 3 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | 100 | |
| 4 | Usability test | Generative | Qualitative | x | University students | 52 |
| 5 | Usability test | Generative | Qualitative | x | Autonomous laundry and ironing workers | 53 |
| 6 | Document analysis | Generative | Qualitative | x | Instructional materials on textile care symbols | |
| 7 | Usability test | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Laundry/ironing workers | 10 |
| 8 | Expert panel | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Researchers in instructional design | 25 |
| 9 | Usability test | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | autonomous laundry/ironing workers | unspecified |
| 10 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | 76 | |
| 11 | Experiment | Generative | Qualitative | x | (29 control, 35 Experimental) | 64 |
| 12 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | 23 (control) and 27 GI (experimental) | 50 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | No | No | No |
| Vision | No | No | No |
| Means | No | No | Partially |
Recommendations (6)
Testing with the target audience to measure fluency, comprehension, and completion time.
- Scope:
- Micro
- Time Horizon:
- Short
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
Run a pilot in early‑childhood schools focused on symbol literacy.
- Scope:
- Micro → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Care‑symbol labelling — multi‑brand pilot project.
- Scope:
- Micro → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Use comics as a tool for literacy in instructional manuals.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Short
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
A simpler system with fewer symbols to improve memorization.
- Scope:
- Meso
- Time Horizon:
- Short
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
Study the relationship between symbol literacy and disposal/environment.
- Scope:
- Micro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium