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Writing about design, by second year design students at Edinburgh Napier University
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Critical Contextualisation
Critical Contextualisation
Now more than ever do designers have the power to bring about social, economic or political change through their designs. This is the…
Jack Mullins
Aug 12, 2019
Jack McSeveney — Critical Writing About Design
Jack McSeveney — Critical Writing About Design
The current problems with design and it’s toxic future.
Jack McSeveney
Aug 12, 2019
Evolution of modern zoo and its mission
Evolution of modern zoo and its mission
Origin of Zoo can be traced back to ancient emperors collecting animals to show their power using tigers, lions, bears and others as the…
Tomas Rychter
Aug 12, 2019
Designs impact on the extinction and wellbeing of species — Critical Contextualisation
Designs impact on the extinction and wellbeing of species — Critica...
It is no secret that global warming and climate change is happening, even though many of us try to hide away from the facts. Research has…
Abbie Strachan
Aug 12, 2019
NHS: Design for Social Innovation
NHS: Design for Social Innovation
This trimester, as a part of the Design Studies 1 module at Edinburgh Napier University I participated in a project ‘NHS: Design for…
Katarzyna Pohorecka
Aug 12, 2019
The zoo as a product, built by designers
The zoo as a product, built by designers
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is a charity that aims to promote awareness and conservation of all animals but in…
Erin Reid
Aug 12, 2019
Extinction
Extinction
Extinction of any living being is inevitable; and arguably is a consequence of destruction self-inflicted by mankind itself. Let’s go as…
Sanju Kaur
Aug 12, 2019
Critical design.
Critical design.
In design, a lot of mistakes get made, and a lot of products get heavily criticised, even if they are one the most famous designers out…
Rosie Woodhouse
Aug 12, 2019
Prosthetics of 2070: Armed and Dangerous
Prosthetics of 2070: Armed and Dangerous
Making Critical Design accessible for all
Ollie Dare
Jul 17, 2019
Critical Contextualisation | Prophetic Prosthetic’s | Douglas Jones
Critical Contextualisation | Prophetic Prosthetic’s | Douglas Jones
The purpose of this report is to critically reflect on the issues that were raised by our group with reference to our design. Speculative…
Douglas Jones
Jul 17, 2019
Why Papyrus Should be Left in the Past
Why Papyrus Should be Left in the Past
Whilst Comic Sans may be the original font meme, when it comes to the internet’s opinion on graphic design there has been a new typeface…
Iona Robson
Jul 17, 2019
The Future of Prosthetics
The Future of Prosthetics
In the early months of 2019 a group of Edinburgh Napier students from product and graphic design (part of a larger pool of product…
Mark Churcher
Jul 17, 2019
Design Manipulation and Ethics
Design Manipulation and Ethics
We are surrounded by different forms of design everyday whether it is architecture, products, fashion and advertisements. Design has the…
Abbie Strachan
Jul 17, 2019
Jack McSeveney — Critical Contextualisation of Project Work
Jack McSeveney — Critical Contextualisation of Project Work
As part of Design Studies 1 our group (Finlay Milne, Adam Hepburn and I) chose to participate in the Zoo Holocene Extinction Memorial…
Jack McSeveney
Jul 17, 2019
Plastic Pollution and the Supermarket Solution
Plastic Pollution and the Supermarket Solution
“Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year for use in a wide variety of applications.” — IUCN. (International Union for…
David Andrew John Luciano Douglas
Jul 17, 2019
Deforestation and The Ways Designers Can Prevent Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Deforestation and The Ways Designers Can Prevent Carbon Dioxide Emi...
Deforestation is causing the extinction of many species across the world and destroying their natural habitats. (Such as the Sumatran…
David Andrew John Luciano Douglas
Jul 17, 2019
Prophetic Prosthetics: Critical Contextualisation
Prophetic Prosthetics: Critical Contextualisation
More than Human?
Andrew Jackson
Jul 17, 2019
Critical Contextualisation
Critical Contextualisation
“What we really ought to fear is not ‘oblivion’, but rather irretrievable decline” Bruce Sterling (2005)
Alex Darling
Jul 17, 2019
Art or Vandalism?
Art or Vandalism?
The grey area between what can be identified as art and what is vandalism is a topic which has endless contrasting opinions. Street art is…
Alex Darling
Jul 17, 2019
Future prostheses
Future prostheses
A prosthetic is artificially produced replacement for a person who is missing a limb or who is in need for a replacement to another…
Jenna Siira
Jul 17, 2019
Critical Contextualisation: Holocene Extinction Memorial
Critical Contextualisation: Holocene Extinction Memorial
Participating in the Holocene extinction memorial project for RZSS Edinburgh Zoo has encouraged me to actively engage and think more about…
Mac Scott
Jul 17, 2019
The World/Issues of Extinction
The World/Issues of Extinction
A Critical Contextualisation
Daisy Melnyczuk
Jul 17, 2019
Designing with Empathy
Designing with Empathy
A Critical Contextualisation of Social Innovation and the NHS Project
Rebecca Wright
Jul 17, 2019
Exploration of the Female Form Through Furniture
Exploration of the Female Form Through Furniture
The subject of women in design is extensively explored through furniture design. From the outset there are problems with the…
Iona Wilson
Jul 17, 2019
Design Museum Boston, a Design Museum for the designs of now.
Design Museum Boston, a Design Museum for the designs of now.
The Victoria and Albert could be classified as the first design museum and its purpose was to display a bazaar of objects and goods from…
Kathleen Craig
Jul 17, 2019
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