Outputs (211)

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.

Art is Shit (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Donnell, R. Art is Shit. [Performance]. Performed at Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, Edinburgh. 12 July 2019 - 17 August 2019

This is a performance, a documentation of a live event at the Edinburgh International Festival fringe. CODI Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, is a unique public engagement event, combining serious academic research with irreverent, down-to-Earth discussion... Read More about Art is Shit.

Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S., & Robertson, S. Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition. Exhibited at TIO3 (Textiles Open Innovation Centre) Ronse, Belgium. 27 September 2014 - 27 September 2014. (Unpublished)

Award winning light and colour-changing textile, Digital Lace (ISWC 2014) was part of the showcase of textiles selected for the European funded Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles closing event and exhibition at TIO3 (Textiles Open Innovation Centre) R... Read More about Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition.

Formed: What Makes Applied Art (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S. Formed: What Makes Applied Art. Exhibited at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland. 27 May 2009 - 6 March 2010. (Unpublished)

The digital textile exhibit, Inner Light belongs to Aberdeen Art Gallery’s permanent collection (It was previously commissioned as part of The Cutting Edge Scotland’s Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, National Museums of Scotland Partnership). The piec... Read More about Formed: What Makes Applied Art.

Livi Modern (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Vettese, S., & Devison, N. Livi Modern. [artefacts]. Exhibited at St Andrew's Church, Livingston. 15 June 2019 - 15 June 2019

Livi Modern is a multimedia exhibition by four artists, Nicholas Devison, Dawn McDowell, Simon Montgomery and Sam Vettese, who have created artwork inspired by their shared interest in the surviving modernism of Livingston’s new town. In the early 19... Read More about Livi Modern.

In Situ 3D Printed Souvenirs and their Affect on Visitors Engagement with Built Heritage (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2016, April). In Situ 3D Printed Souvenirs and their Affect on Visitors Engagement with Built Heritage. Presented at In this place : cumulus association biannual international conference, Nottingham, UK

In this study, visitors’ perception and engagement with built heritage surroundings was investigated in relation to their interaction with 3d printed souvenirs which reflected architectural features of the site. A 3D printer was set up in Stirling Ca... Read More about In Situ 3D Printed Souvenirs and their Affect on Visitors Engagement with Built Heritage.

Inverewe Illuminated (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Innes, M., & Winton, E. Inverewe Illuminated. 1 December 2018 - 16 December 2018

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Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Quye, A., Han, J., & Innes, M. Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light

Lighting is a key factor for the display and preservation of cultural heritage materials. This research pioneers the chemical investigation of colourants aged by visible light of different wavelengths. Silk samples dyed by historically important colo... Read More about Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light.

The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quye, A., Han, J., & Innes, M. (2016, October). The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes. Poster presented at Dyes in History and Archaeology 35 (DHA35)

Despite best efforts to remove damaging UV and short wavelength light from museum displays, dyes on historical textiles can still fade or change colour if visible light causes chromophoric compounds to form or degrade. For known light-sensitive dyes,... Read More about The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes.

Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2018). Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs. In J. M. Rickly, & E. S. Vidon (Eds.), Authenticity & Tourism Materialities, Perceptions, Experiences (165-179). Emerald

Mass-market production of souvenirs, their disposability and their mixed up, interpretive styling may detach the tourist from the actual experience. Conversely, it is the personal relationship that is formed between the tourist and the souvenir tha... Read More about Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs.

Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens (2018)
Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Vones, K. Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

This research proposed to utilise the processes and experiences of designing and making 3D printed 'souvenirs of place', with regards to Modern 'overlooked' heritage. The public were asked to interact with 3D modelling technology, to personalise a pr... Read More about Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens.

Creation of Id (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Dowd, A. Creation of Id. [Mixed Media]. Exhibited at Casa da Prelada, Porto, Portugal. 28 June 2018 - 20 July 2018

The built environment in which we live has been designed in an attempt to make it intuitive, efficient, and purposeful. The potential of designed objects are activated upon activation. In order to facilitate this moment of interaction designers apply... Read More about Creation of Id.

A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vettese, S., Thompson, P., & Allan, D. (2016, November). A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication. Presented at Open Design for E-very-thing

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 the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication.

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.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., Vettese, S., & Calder, L. (2018). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs. In L. Egberts, & M. D. Alvarez (Eds.), Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age (151-171). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462985353

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs.

Spilt Milk: Solo Exhibition, Pathenon-friz Terembe, Budapest (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Irvine, Z., & Spence, P. Spilt Milk: Solo Exhibition, Pathenon-friz Terembe, Budapest. [mixed media photography, objects and digital film]. Exhibited at Budapest, Hungary. 9 April 2018 - 14 April 2018

Parthenon Friesian Room (MKE)1063 Budapest, Kmety György utca 26-28. (Epreskert) Solo exhibition (with Zoë Irvine) at the Pathenon-friz Terembe in Budapest as part of Budapest Art Week.Featuring the works"Bob & Sink" and "House Arrest" by Zoe Irvine... Read More about Spilt Milk: Solo Exhibition, Pathenon-friz Terembe, Budapest.

Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stoltenberg, E., Firth, R., & Taks, M. (2017, September). Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences. Paper presented at 19th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2017), Oslo, Norway

To prepare students for their future careers in a globalizing society, several large-scale higher education student and staff exchange programmes focus on international collaboration. The organisation and duration of such programmes can often be a ba... Read More about Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences.

Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P. (2017, April). Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design. Presented at Design for Next. 12th European Academy of Design Conference, Rome, Italy

This paper presents the argument that design is by nature an activity which extends and transforms potentiality and that therefore, because of this, it is always an ethical activity. This foundational ethicality does not guarantee that design will al... Read More about Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design.

Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P. (2017, April). Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture. Presented at Design for Next. 12th Eurpoean Academy of Design Conference, Rome, Italy

This paper presents a conception of aesthetic justice which builds on thoughts of Theodor Adorno and Wolfgang Welsch and attempts to reconcile design’s relationships with both aesthetics and ethics. Where legal justice operates on a principle of hom... Read More about Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture.

Do not press undo (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R. (2016, November). Do not press undo. Paper presented at 2016 IJADE conference Drawing, University of Chester

Do not press undo I believe an authentic sketchbook shows ‘the scars of ones thinking’. Not all pages need to present fully resolved solutions. I am interested in what happens to the documentation of one’s thought process when we shift from thi... Read More about Do not press undo.