Supervisor:
Kjetil Nordby
Co-Supervisor:
Hilde Angelfoss
This project aims to uncover how we, as designers, make form, both constructively and analytically. It will explore the relation between how we teach formgiving in institutions and the realities of practice. By engaging with students, institutions and professionals, the project will look not only at historical theories but also at the existing practices. The goal is not about imposing theoretical knowledge onto practitioners, but rather co-creating and learning from practitioners and students to develop our theories.
Insights will be collected through a range of interviews and case studies as well as other mixed-method approaches. This multi-pronged approach seeks to inquire openly about formgiving practice. By actively developing and testing frameworks and by looking at formgiving through the eyes of the designer, the hope is to create knowledge that is actionable, as well as academically contributing to the larger field of design theory.
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