The Brutalist movement formed the vehicle for post-war socialism to heal the country, focusing on welfare and quality of living for all, reflecting the utopian dream of its progenitors. It took its lead from earlier 20th ...

In this paper we present and discuss the empowering potential of re- staging interactive art installations. We build on an approach, where we divide the staging process into four levels of staging (potential, strategic, ...

In 1925, architect Georg Eliassen took the initiative to establish a collection of drawings, photography and scale models in response to an increasing frustration among Norwegian architect of not being able to participate ...

There is a growing interest among scholars, practitioners and organizations as to how design may benefit management, particularly when this happens in a service context. In this exploratory qualitative study, I investigate ...

This paper examines an experimental approach to intensely local architectures and to what everyday tectonics seen from this perspective might become. The discussion commences with approaching the notions of the local and ...

Industrial design is in transition and there is a pressure to deal with even more intangible concepts. This leads to the introduction of new skill bases into the education. However, with inclusion of new skill bases the ...

The seven principles of Universal Design, such as ”4. Perceptible Information” and ”5. Tolerance for errors”, are formulated from the design’s or system’s perspective. The principles focus on the qualities of the system ...