Browsing PhD by Title
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Coffee and the city : towards a soft urbanity
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;45, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This dissertation is about coffee bars. In it I ask how and why they have emerged in the urban sphere, how they function and how they may be interpreted as indicators of structural changes on a societal level. To put it ... -
Communicating movement : full-body movement as a design material for digital interaction
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;67, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2014)Today, our movements are increasingly informed and influenced, shifted and shaped by a digitised environment. The aim of this thesis has been to explore and present a creative potential in conceptualising full-body movement ... -
Cultivating Serendipity in Design Complexity. Exploring Designs of Augmented Reality Technologies for Ship Bridges
(CON-TEXT 126, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Designing augmented reality (AR) systems for ship bridges poses intricate challenges for interaction designers due to the unique complexities involved in working with this novel interaction material in a dynamic and ... -
Cultural similarities and diversities of corporate art and architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France : an exploratory and comparative study on corporate art collections and the architecture of corporate headquarters
(CON-TEXT, PhD thesis;51, Doctoral thesis, 2011)In this PhD-thesis I examine cultural similarities and diversities in corporate art collections and headquarters architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France. From the perspective of the flâneur; I discuss, analyzes and ... -
Deep landscape
(CON-TEXT;127, Doctoral thesis, 2024-05)We know very little about what is under our feet. We are used to the sight of manhole covers punctuating the streets around us, and we know that they provide access to the subterranean water system. But where does that ... -
Design support at the front end of the New Service Development (NSD) process : the role of touch-points and service personality in supporting team work and innovation processes
(CON-TEXT / Thesis ; 55, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis explores the first stages of New Service Development, and focuses upon the role that design can play to improve the innovation performance of a development team. The work took a ”research by design” approach, ... -
Designing for brand experience : operationalizing a service dominant logic approach to branding through service design
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;89, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis reports on a research project that explored how Service Design could be used to facilitate the translation of Brand Strategy into Customer Experience. In this context, Designing for Brand Experience is proposed ... -
Developing Digital Design Techniques: Investigations on creative design computing
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;20, Doctoral thesis, 2005) -
Drawing and Spatial Representations
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 2, Doctoral thesis, 2000)The aim of this thesis is to contribute new knowledge as a basis from which to discuss the development of and justification for art education in the compulsory school. The experienced drawing curriculum in compulsory school ... -
Edifices. Architecture and the Spatial Frameworks of Memory
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 63, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The thesis studies the role of architecture in societal remembrance, positioning itself in an overlapping field of architectural theory and memory studies. It offers a reading of the concept spatial framework of memory, ... -
Exploring Sacred Service Design
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;111, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This study focuses on the development of new service design approaches for the design of experience-centric services through the integration and utilization of concepts and practices relating to the study of the sacred. ... -
Facilitating regeneration through methodological pluralism
(CON-TEXT;130, Doctoral thesis, 2025-02)To address the root causes of today’s urgent social-ecological crises, there is a need to transform globally dominant reductionist worldviews to those that support regeneration: holistic, process-oriented and interconnected, ... -
Factory-made : the everyday architecture of Moelven brug, 1955-1973
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;117, Doctoral thesis, 2022)While architectural histories of post-war Norway tend to focus on the work of select signature architects, the role of construction companies and industrial producers in shaping the built environment has remained largely ... -
Fra uro til utvikling : universell utforming som linse for studiet av arkitektpraksis som læringsarena
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;93, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Med et forskningsmateriale fra intervjuer og feltarbeid undersøker jeg i denne avhandlingen arkitekters handlinger og holdninger i møtet med strengere krav til universell utforming under prosjektering av kulturbygg. Jeg ... -
Genuine Christian Modern Art : Present Roman Catholic Directives on Visual Art Seen from an Artist’s Perspective
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;3, Doctoral thesis, 2000)The Professional Problem of the Artist The professional problem of artists who want to produce art for Christian use is to find artistic solutions that may satisfy both patron and artist. To succeed, the artist needs to ... -
Groruddalen; Oslos vakreste verkebyll? : problemrepresentasjoner og stedsforståelser i Groruddalssatsingen
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 70, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2014)Avhandlingen handler om stedsforståelsens betydning for utformingen av en områdepolitikk, og områdepolitikkens betydning for stedsforståelsen. Caset er Groruddalssatsningen, en områdebasert innsats i det som regnes som et ... -
Hello, Stranger? Urban Public Space between Interaction and Attraction
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;110, Doctoral thesis, 2021)A much-celebrated feature of urbanity, is peaceful face-to-face interaction among diverse strangers in public spaces. Such interaction has major civilizing effects, leading urban scholars argue. The rise in privately owned ... -
Human-centered, collaborative, field-driven ship design : implementing field studies for the design of ships in operation
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;98, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Current ship design processes have two main problems. First, the experiences of crew who operate ships are not included in the design process. This poses a problem because it limits the ability of ship designers to design ... -
Immaterial landscapes : formulating the intangible in northern landscapes
(CON-TEXT Phd thesis;86, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2017)What is the space-shaping potential of immaterial entities? This thesis aspires to foreground the immaterial as a valuable domain of investigation and of design experimentation for the practice of landscape architecture. ... -
Immersion in mixed reality spaces
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;75, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2015)This thesis maps out the overlaps, synergies and forces at play when designing for optimal immersive experiences in responsive mixed reality spaces. The research is produced from the perspective of a practising interaction ...