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The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent (2021)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., Discepoli, M., & Leith, E. (2021). The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 15(1), 1-26

The paper reflects upon the Deaf Heritage Collective, a collaborative project led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Design for Heritage team and Heriot Watt’s Centre for Translation And Interpreting Studies. The project aimed to advance discussion aro... Read More about The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent.

Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age (2021)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2021). Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age. Annals of Tourism Research, 89, Article 103188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103188

The expansion of additive manufacturing or 3D printing as a novel (re)production method disrupts social consumption patterns and challenges existing conceptualisations of tourist souvenirs as material, metonymic and symbolic objects that often lack a... Read More about Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age.

Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia (2020)
Journal Article
Supartono, A., & Moschovi, A. (2020). Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 51(3), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000508

This article seeks to explore the impact of digital technologies upon the material, conceptual and ideological premises of the colonial archive in the digital era. This analysis is pursued though a discussion of creative work produced during an inter... Read More about Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia.

Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement (2020)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Winton, E., Jamieson, K., Muir, N., & Sandison, M. (2020). Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement. Learning Disability Practice, 23(2), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp.2020.e2045

This article describes a public engagement project on bereavement involving people with intellectual disabilities. The project was a practical application of research findings related to discussing death, dying and bereavement with people with intell... Read More about Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement.

A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication (2018)
Journal Article
Vettese, S., Allan, D., & Thompson, P. (2018). A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 23(3), 10-25

In this paper, the researchers will investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative ‘making’ environments, enabled by online communities of ‘citizen practitioners' and maker... Read More about A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication.

“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs (2018)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2019). “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs. Tourism Management, 71, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.032

Souvenirs, whether mass-produced commodities made elsewhere or local artisanal handicrafts, are static objects that lack the capacity to mediate or generate the co-creative, active or immersive experiences that tourists desire. The expansion of addit... Read More about “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs.

In Situ, 3D Printed Heritage Souvenirs: Challenging Conventional Spaces and Culture (2018)
Journal Article
Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2018). In Situ, 3D Printed Heritage Souvenirs: Challenging Conventional Spaces and Culture. The Journal of Peer Production, 12, 27-39

This paper outlines an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded Design Innovation Development Award project titled ' Enhancing the Authenticity and Sustainability of the Visitor Heritage Experience through 3D Printing Technology', undertake... Read More about In Situ, 3D Printed Heritage Souvenirs: Challenging Conventional Spaces and Culture.

3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
Vones, K., Allan, D., Lambert, I., & Vettese, S. (2018). 3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability. Materials Today Communications, 16, 56-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2018.04.001

Ocean plastic pollution has been identified as one of the biggest environmental threats of our time. As large islands of plastic waste such as the Pacific Gyre amass through the forces of intercontinental currents (Law et al., 2010), remote beaches i... Read More about 3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability.

Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment? (2018)
Journal Article
MacLeod, M., & Macdonald, I. (2018). Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment?. Design for Health, 2(1), 163-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2018.1451676

Designing for social good framed within an ethical practice has a long tradition informed by the democratic philosophy of John Dewey, but more recently it has been acknowledged that co-design can embody cultural respect and empathy through an express... Read More about Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment?.

Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process (2017)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Speed, C. (2017). Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process. Design Issues, 33(3), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00455

As an activity, research through design gives rise to new knowledge from both creative processes and, if there are any, resultant artifacts. Arguably, all creative practitioners are researchers of one kind or another, whether through materials, aesth... Read More about Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process.

3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry (2017)
Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S. (2017). 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 5(2), 138-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1449073

This paper will disseminate an interdisciplinary project, undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University between the Design and Advanced Materials. Several 3D printable materials are commercially available that use recycled material, including post consum... Read More about 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry.

Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens (2017)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2018). Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 37(2), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12117

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ manifesto in... Read More about Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens.

Now I Sit Me Down by Witold Rybczynski, Review Paul Kerlaff (2016)
Journal Article
Kerlaff, P. (2016). Now I Sit Me Down by Witold Rybczynski, Review Paul Kerlaff. Interiors, 7(2-3), 191-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/20419112.2016.1242267

A simple but profound point opens Now I Sit Me Down: that chairs illustrate a kind of democratic manifestation of our relationship to things. Unlike architecture, and to a lesser extent built in furniture, chairs bear witness to our capacity for chan... Read More about Now I Sit Me Down by Witold Rybczynski, Review Paul Kerlaff.

Making Tourist Experiences Through Personalisable 3D Printed Souvenirs (2016)
Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S., Anastasiadou, C., & Calder, L. (2016). Making Tourist Experiences Through Personalisable 3D Printed Souvenirs. Making Futures, IV,

Gift shops are common in most museums and galleries that provide visitors with shopping experiences as well as the opportunity to transform their intangible experience of the visit to a tangible memory through the purchase of a souvenir. It can also... Read More about Making Tourist Experiences Through Personalisable 3D Printed Souvenirs.

An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design (2015)
Journal Article
Buwert, P. M. (2015). An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design. Artifact, 3(3), 4. https://doi.org/10.14434/artifact.v3i3.3960

Design is often thought of as an activity seeking to change existing situations into preferred ones (Simon, 1969). But how are designers to discern what the nature of this “preferred” change should be? What would it mean to truly design ethically? In... Read More about An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design.

A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion (2012)
Journal Article
Vettese-Forster, S. (2012). A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion. The International Journal of Costume and Fashion, 12, 15-32

From the beginning of the twentieth century, ``Modernism`` impacted and transformed art and clothing. Pablo Picasso and Gabrielle ``Coco`` Chanel were two of the most central characters in Modernism working simultaneously in their disciplines. Picass... Read More about A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion.

Evaluating the cultural significance of historic graffiti (2012)
Journal Article
Forster, A. M., Vettese‐Forster, S., & Borland, J. (2012). Evaluating the cultural significance of historic graffiti. Structural survey, 30(1), 43-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801211226637

Purpose
Graffiti, both ancient and contemporary, could be argued to be significant and therefore worthy of protection. Attaching value is, however, subjective with no specific method being solely utilised for evaluating these items. The purpose of t... Read More about Evaluating the cultural significance of historic graffiti.