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Management of the image of the city in urban planning: experimental methodologies in the colour plan of the Egadi Islands
The debate over the value of the image of a city, which since the 1960s has been gaining wider room for reflection, has arisen as a criticism against...
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Colour Concept
Colour can be discussed and used in so many situations that its ease of use can dangerously monopolise a designer’s thoughts. This chapter begins by...
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Visual Identity of Non-profit Organizations: Escola Oficina, a Case Study Plan
This paper aims to present a plan to analyse the communication problem of Escola Oficina (EO), a non-profit organization for social solidarity,...
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Light and Colour
LightLighteffectsLight is the prerequisite for optical perceptionPerception, perceptualoptical. In complete darkness we can see neither space, form,...
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Lighting Concept
This chapter divides the topic into two major groupsLighting concept: artificial which looks at typical lighting installations and natural, which...
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Co-designing a Care Plan Guide App to Support Early Conversations About End-of-Life Care in Dementia
Talking about death and end-of-life care (EoLC) can be a sensitive topic for people affected by dementia and their families. However, recent research...
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Material Concept
Materials conceptMaterial concept overlaps with construction and colour concepts in quite obvious ways, so the chapter asks what governs selection....
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A Study of the Transjakarta Route Map as an Effort to Improve Jakarta’s Public Transport Information Design: Measuring Graphical Element Effectivity in Maps
A bus route map is considered the primary means to provide passengers with the information of the bus company’s operating network. Hence, it becomes...
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Planning Concept
This chapter explainsPlanning Concept how the act of planning begins with the organization of spatial areas linked by human circulation. Basic plan...
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Design for Better Ambient Temperature Experiences
Nowadays, most people still rely on weather reports to access information about the temperature. However, the weather report is less useful when...
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Influence of architectural heritage on the identity and present-day value of American-designed universities’ campuses in Asia
In this study, through case studies of campus architectural heritage, the preservation of architectural heritage on campuses is explored. In...
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Exploring Features of the Design on Futures Thinking
Nowadays, with products and services getting more intelligent and evolving faster, the human-centred design methods, such as Design Thinking, have...
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The museum method of reusing Shanghai waterfront industrial heritage: continuation and reconstruction of urban memory
In the context of transforming traditional labour-intensive industries into the service economy in China, the reuse of industrial heritage as museums...
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Optical and Perspective Illusion
There is widespread public confusion between optical and perspective illusions. An unclear figure/background relationship and ambiguous patterns...
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Liveable Urban Open Spaces for Health and Wellbeing. Towards the Careggi Campus Landscape Masterplan for Florence University-Hospital
Spatial fragmentation and congestion have become increasingly apparent in cities, also due to the functional specialization of open spaces. Such...
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The place of the Great Mosque of Tlemcen: the paradox between patrimonialisation and appropriation
The Great Mosque of Tlemcen is a unique case, as it is one of the few mosques dating back to the Almoravid period that is almost intact. It has...
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People’s perspectives on heritage conservation and tourism development: a case study of Varanasi
The conservation of heritage and heritage-based tourism are interrelated activities in which the development in one can lead to the growth of the...
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Following the process: unfolding how form-based code—as a travelling concept—has been adapted within the social, cultural, and architectural context of Riyadh
The urban form of cities plays a key role in achieving high-quality urban environments. Recently, Form-Based Code has been gaining popularity and has...
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When is a Potato Too Ugly?: Understanding the Complexity of Aesthetics in Produce Towards the Reduction of Food Waste
Prior studies have found that acceptance of cosmetically imperfect produce can largely vary based on specific consumers’ internal values such as...
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A Contribution of a Graphic Design Intern at Sika Portugal
This article focuses on the development of an internship that took place in the master’s degree in design at the School of Media Arts and Design of...