All Outputs (536)

Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction. (2006)
Thesis
CHANG, T.-Y. 2006. Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1688411

This research project explores the importance of balancing aesthetics and usability of Web design to enhance user experience. It aims to develop an effective methodology to better understand the dimensions of users' emotions, experienced in interacti... Read More about Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction..

'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday. (2006)
Thesis
DELDAY, H. 2006. 'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research proposes and develops a critical framework - a 'matrix' to make sense of the artistic process from the practitioner's perspective. It draws from the research of de Certeau into everyday culture and the art historical discourse of Bourri... Read More about 'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday..

Delicate structures / Centre spot. (2005)
Physical Artefact
DUNBAR, L. 2005. Delicate structures / Centre spot. [Prints].

This pair of works explore issues of place, the artist's working context being rural and remote from mainstream artistic centres. Delicate Structures and Centre Spot are comments on the changing landscape of the north east of Scotland, from rural to... Read More about Delicate structures / Centre spot..

A Scottish tale / The inevitable. (2005)
Physical Artefact
DUNBAR, L. 2005. A Scottish tale / The inevitable. [Prints].

This pair of works were invited by publisher Benjamin Rinehart from the Center of Book Arts in New York, as part of a limited edition print portfolio titled, 'School Days: Cafeteria Plan'. The prints were submitted in a three-dimensional format, cons... Read More about A Scottish tale / The inevitable..

Lion thief. (2005)
Digital Artefact
CRANSTON, A. 2005. Lion thief. [Video recording]

Drawings relating to, and a still from "Lion Thief": a video commissioned by The Beta Band (EMI) to accompany the track of the same name, for a compilation called "The Best of the Beta Band 2005", which also included artwork in an accompanying bookle... Read More about Lion thief..

A routine sequence of external actions. (2005)
Physical Artefact
TATHAM, J. and O'SULLIVAN, T. 2005. A routine sequence of external actions. [Sculptures].

A Routine Sequence Of External Actions was commissioned for the exhibition 'Scotland and Venice: Selective Memory' at the 51st Venice Biennale, 9 June - 6 November 2005. The occasion of the Venice Biennale provided a salient context within which to c... Read More about A routine sequence of external actions..

An ecology of practice in the everyday: leaving the (social) ground of (artistic) intervention more fertile. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, A. and FREMANTLE, C. 2005. An ecology of practice in the everyday: leaving the (social) ground of (artistic) intervention more fertile. Presented at Sensuous knowledge 2 (SK2): aesthetic practice and aesthetic insight, November 2005, Bergen, Norway.

This paper reviews the projects that fed into the On the Edge research programme between 2001-2004. Jane Jacobs’ The Nature of Economies (2000) offers an account of economies, based on the way energy operates and is transformed in ecosystems. The aut... Read More about An ecology of practice in the everyday: leaving the (social) ground of (artistic) intervention more fertile..

Evaluating GraysNet: an online PDP tool for use in an art and design context. (2005)
Journal Article
MALINS, J. and McKILLOP, C. 2005. Evaluating GraysNet: an online PDP tool for use in an art and design context. Art, design and communication in higher education [online], 4(1), pages 31-48. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/adch.4.1.31/1

Personal development planning (PDP) is a phrase that encompasses a number of activities including reflecting on learning, recording of achievement and career planning. Embedding these activities is a goal widely shared across HE, but strategies for a... Read More about Evaluating GraysNet: an online PDP tool for use in an art and design context..

The education of undergraduate product designers in the principles and practice of sustainable design. (2005)
Thesis
CULL, K.A. 2005. The education of undergraduate product designers in the principles and practice of sustainable design. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1694921

There is a growing recognition that product designers have a responsibility to ensure that their designs are intrinsically sustainable and do not add to the growing pressures on the environment. Developing sustainable products requires designers to b... Read More about The education of undergraduate product designers in the principles and practice of sustainable design..

Contemporary craft series. (2005)
Journal Article
PEACH, A. 2005. Contemporary craft series. Journal of design history [online], 18(2), pages 207-211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epi025

Following her appointment as Director for the Crafts Council in June 2002, Louise Taylor set about championing a new vision for the organisation: principally to make the work of the Crafts Council continue to be relevant and appropriate to the needs... Read More about Contemporary craft series..

Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HAWORTH, J., GOLLIFER, S., FAURE-WALKER, J., COLDWELL, P., KEMP, T. and PENGELLY, J. 2005. Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. In Proceedings of the 5th Conference on creativity and cognition (C&C '05), 12-15 April 2005, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 310-317. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1056224.1056285

The workshop will explore in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from the perspective of embodied mind. The problem is crucial to our understanding of the creative process in fine art. The aims and o... Read More about Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art..

On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. (2005)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A. 2005. On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. In Miles, M. and Hall, T. (eds.) Interventions: art in the public sphere. Advances in art and urban features, 4. Bristol: Intellect, pages 89-106.

This case study is a programme of five visual art projects in Northern Scotland with five regional partners that have come about through a research framework. It demonstrates aspects of the dynamic of intervention largely focused by conversation betw... Read More about On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland..

Women in media and communication. (2005)
Report
MARCELLA, R., ILLINGWORTH, L., BAXTER, G. and SMITH, F. 2005. Women in media and communication. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This ESF funded project sought, by examining a particular sector in depth, to improve understanding of best practice in implementing active gender equality policies from the perspective both of companies and the women they employ. Overall the project... Read More about Women in media and communication..

Edge FM 87.9 MHz. (2004)
Book
CARTER, P. 2004. Edge FM 87.9 MHz. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Edge FM was developed in partnership with the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh, On the Edge Research and the artist, Paul Carter. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was to find a way of drawing young people living lo... Read More about Edge FM 87.9 MHz..

How might we revalue traditional ways of making? (2004)
Book
DOUGLAS, A. 2004. How might we revalue traditional ways of making? A research project revaluing Shetland knitting. Essay accompanying Douglas, A. (ed.) Maakin Lab. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The Maakin Lab project was developed in partnership with the Shetland College Department of Textiles and Design, On the Edge research and artist Susan Benn of PAL. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was how to revalue tradition... Read More about How might we revalue traditional ways of making?.

Chameleon. (2004)
Physical Artefact
BUCKLEY, J. 2004. Chameleon. [Lighting installation].

This installation was part of the EcoMetro Exhibition that occurred during the Gwangju Biennale. It was installed in one of the subway trains and in the Geumnamro-4 station in Gwangju, Korea.

Slinky tower. (2004)
Physical Artefact
BUCKLEY, J. 2004. Slinky tower. [Lighting installation].

This artwork was commissioned by the New Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital as part of the hospital's arts project.

Maakin Lab [online]. (2004)
Digital Artefact
MAAKIN LAB. 2004. Maakin Lab [online]. Available from: http://www.maakinlab.org/

The Maakin Lab project was developed in partnership with the Shetland College Department of Textiles and Design, On the Edge research and artist Susan Benn of PAL. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was how to revalue tradition... Read More about Maakin Lab [online]..

Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage. (2004)
Book
DOUGLAS, A. (ed.) 2004. Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The Celestial Ceiling project was developed in partnership with Charles Burnett of Duff House, Banff, the Schleiffer family of Cullen House, On the Edge Research and the artists John McGeoch and Robert Orchardson. Duff House, an Adams building, is pa... Read More about Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage..

Inthrow. (2004)
Book
DOUGLAS, A. (ed.) 2005. Inthrow. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Inthrow was developed in partnership with Chris Fremantle of the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, On the Edge Research and lead artist Gavin Renwick. The Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is based in the rural village of Lumsden, Aberdeenshire. The chall... Read More about Inthrow..