The task given to us was to develop an industrial wheel with new thinking in terms of fresh design and construction, with the ability to brake. While the produced wheels of today only own the property of total braking, a wish was made to integrate the ability of directional locking.The time spent working with the project has been filled with multiple sketches of ideas and function analysis.Choices of material and ways of construction have been verified by calculations, tests and prototype building. The goal of this thesis has been to develop a unique caster with well thought-out design that would be adaptable to different areas of applications.The result was a hubless wheel with the ability of directional locking before total braking.A prototype of the wheel has been made to show the design and functions..

Every year the Swedish government invests capital in different projects. In recent years the Swedish government has chosen to invest in design. The reason for this is that the government wants industry to use design as a competitive source. Two organizations, Svensk Form and Stiftelsen Svensk Indistridesign, have been assigned to improve industry and society?s underÂŹstanding of design.

This study aims to analyse the connection between poverty reduction and sustainable development through strategies used for the reduction of poverty. With the methodology of content analysis of three policy documents to provide and easy overview of how the government of Ethiopia is planning to achieve sustainable and long-term poverty alleviation. The focus of this study will be on Ethiopia, a country with very high economic growth in the past years but still with hight poverty rates. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the already existing and broad knowledge and research of sustainable development and poverty alleviation and contribute with more research in Ethiopia where the research done in this specific area and region is not in abundance. In this study all dimensions of sustainable development, social, economic and ecological are included to get a more holistic picture of the sustainable development in the government?s plans and its challenges.

Uppsats för avlÀggande av filosofie kandidatexamen i KulturvÄrd, TrÀdgÄrdens hantverk och design, 21 hp, 2010.

PÄ uppdrag av GGP Sweden AB genomfördes detta projekt med syftet att ta fram en ny extriör design till Stigas ÄkgrÀsklipparemodell Park Compact.Brukarnas estetiska och funktionella behov undersöktes genom grundlig informationsinsamling i form av marknads- och konkurrentanalyser, brukar- och sÀljarintervjuer samt enkÀtundersökning. Med hjÀlp av insamlad data kunde produktens mÄlgrupp identiferas, varpÄ primÀra och sekundÀra personas utformades. Genom dessa kunde brukarbehoven kompletteras och preciseras ytterligare.För att behÄlla StigakÀnslan i produkten genomfördes en form- och fÀrganalys av företagets befintliga sortiment. Tillsammans med övrig data frÄn informationsinsamlingen mynnade denna analys ut i en moodboard som kunde anvÀndas för att pÄ ett tidigt stadium visualisera kÀnslan hos produkten.Data frÄn informationsinsamlingen lÄg sedan till grund för att utforma en kravspecifikation och dÀr visa de krav och önskemÄl som projektet förvÀntas uppfylla. Produktens viktigaste egenskaper framhölls som en modern exteriör design som passar nuvarande konstruktionsplattform, bibehÄller familjekÀnslan med övriga Stigasortimentet samt har mindre direkt materialkostnad Àn nuvarande designlösning.

Through a case study at an IT company we have attempted to ascertain how a company's organizational culture affects its designers' way of working. By examining what ?type? of designers the employees are and how this is reflected in their work, we hope to have correctly determined what their organizational culture looks like and thereby have achieved a plausible result in our study.Aside from two interviews with the company's CEO, we also performed eight observations at the company, where we tried to blend in with the employees, to better determine their way of working together.We have found that the designers' trust in their own instincts has led them to rarely act on feedback from clients ? they only pick out the proposals which have a ?mainstream? potential. We have also discovered that their design approach is something they don't feel inclined to discuss amongst themselves. As it is often ?indescribable?, they go with their intuition and unspoken design conventions..

Vad finns det för grundstenar inom den amerikanska odlingsterapin och hur anvÀnds dessa i det odlingsterapeutiska programmet pÄ North Carolinas Botaniska TrÀdgÄrd? Jag ville fÄ reda pÄ svaren och bestÀmde mig för att Äka över Atlanten och göra en fallstudie om NC Botaniska TerapitrÀdgÄrd. VÀl framme upptÀckte jag genom litteraturen och mÀnniskorna insatta i Àmnet att det fanns ytterligare en designmetod som heter Universal Design inom den amerikanska odlingsterapin som jag inte kÀnde till sedan tidigare. Resultatet av litteraturen och mitt platsbesök visar att det finns ett antal grundstenar inom den amerikanska odlingsterapin och Universal Design som anvÀnds pÄ det odlingsterapeutiska programmet pÄ NC Botaniska TrÀdgÄrdar. Grundstenarna Àr följande: TillgÀnglighet, Tydlighet, Variation och Utveckling och dessa pÄverkar designen av NC Botaniska TrÀdgÄrdens nya terapitrÀdgÄrd. Denna resa har givit mig en inblick i vad den amerikanska odlingsterapin innebÀr och hur designen av NC Botaniska TrÀdgÄrds nya terapitrÀdgÄrd kan se ut..

Denna studie har som syfte att ta fram ett designförslag pÄ ett ögonrörelsestyrt infotainment-system samt utvÀrdera detta. Fokusen ligger pÄ den funktionella design och dess för- och nackdelar. Studien tar upp tre olika designförslag varav ett valdes att göra en prototyp av. Prototypen skapades med hjÀlp av HTML5, Javascript och Python. Detta kopplades sedan samman med ett ögonrörelsesystem tillhörande Smart Eye AB.

Empati mellan interaktionsdesigners och utvecklare a?r viktigt fo?r att samarbetet ska fungera och fo?r att parterna ska kunna kommunicera med varandra. Detta tillsammans med fo?rma?gan att se situationer ur varandras perspektiv a?r na?got som pa?verkar samarbetet avseva?rt. Empati bygger pa? fo?rsta?else, fo?rsta?r man andra personers perspektiv kan man ocksa? ka?nna empati fo?r andra personers prioriteringar och ta ha?nsyn till dessa.

I detta papper, designas och utvÀrderas en hÀndelsebaserad Android-applikation. MyWorld Àr en mobil applikation. HÀndelser som sker i anvÀndarens nÀrhet kan ses pÄ en karta. Genom arbetet anvÀnds beprövade metoder för att skapa en vÀldefinierad design. Det tas upp problem och lösningar pÄ designrelaterade problem i en hÀndelsebaserad applikation.

Many design agencies and designers like to see design as a longtime strategic investment for any company. However, knowledge of design as a strategic resource depends on ones professional background and ones knowledge of design as such. It is common today that clients meet design agencies and therefore design with a certain skepticism concerning its role in the company. Within the prodctdevelopment-process the company?s different functions meet.

I design a service building for the climbingcompany KlÀttertorpet.KlÀttertorpet is a small company that is situated outside Lysekil.KlÀttertorpet o!ers courses in climbing and campingsite."e new building will include kitchen, room for socialmeetings,gym, a small shop and safety lockers. "e starting point revolvesaround how to capture the companys values and philosophyin the design. "e purpose was to add value to the companythrough the design and for myself to get more experience ofworking with a client. During the project questions developedin to how to work with the hole lifecycle of the inertial in mindand how to make the place attractive to climbers. I worked withmodels, moodboards and sculptures to explore the form.

Idag besöker vi inte lÀngre webbplatser enbart via datorer, utan Àven mobiltelefoner och surfplattor. För att göra interaktionen pÄ en webbplats anvÀndbar via flera olika plattformar blir det allt vanligare med responsiv anpassning. Denna utveckling stÀller högre krav pÄ den grafiska formgivaren som bör ha god kunskap om de plattformar som designen tillÀmpas pÄ för att nÄ högsta möjliga anvÀndbarhet. En grafisk formgivare ska alltsÄ förstÄ vad anvÀndbarhet innebÀr och hur denna kunskap ska tillÀmpas i designen. Kandidatarbetet undersöker vad som definierar anvÀndbarhet och vad grafisk design bidrar till i skapandet av responsiva webbplatser. UtifrÄn litteraturstudier i samband med en produktion i form av en responsiv webbplats, presenterar vi i detta arbete vÄra metoder för hur den grafiska designen ska uppnÄ anvÀndbarhet oavsett plattform. ---- We no longer visit websites solely by using computers, but also mobile phones and tablets.

By studying literature concerning design, didactics and reflection, and complementing those explorations with interviews with experienced design educators, this thesis challenges the idea of aesthetic media education being purely aesthetic in its characteristics. Drawing from their own experiences as a media aesthetics educator and an industrial designer, the two authors argue that the work flow used within most fields of design, commonly known as the design process, might provide a suitable didactic alternative to a field of education lacking relevant methodology. The literature study offers a better understanding of the design process and how it may be defined and viewed within an educational context. The interviews provide a more practical insight into the world of design education. The result shows that the design process as a didactical method theoretically offers both elements of critical thinking as well as direction and frames for students lacking aesthetic and artistic experience.

This report describes the initial work intended for updating the car sharing service Roadmate. Roadmate is one of the services received by the car rental company Hertz First Rent a Car. The goal was to present the client with design- and structure proposals for a car sharing service that includes high usability and at the same time remains aesthetically pleasing.The work is based on an initial study with data collection, mapping the target user group and its needs. Subsequent structural and design proposals for Roadmates company carpooling service are based on the facts surrounding the target group's needs. The result are well developed and tested design sketches with accompanying visual identity and sitemaps that can be the basis for the further work on the development of the service..