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Rapid Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing in New Product Development
(Other)Rapid Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing in New Product Development. –Research-through-practice informed by practise as research (Portfolio) This research highlights the realities of utilising various rapid prototyping ... -
Redefining Luxury Social and Cultural Innovation through Craft
(Conference)‘Redefining Luxury’ – Social and Cultural Innovation through Craft- re-generating the silversmithing industry. For centuries, people worldwide have satisfied themselves with the possession of beautiful things. Traditionally, ... -
Reflecting on Design Sketching: Implications for Problem- Framing and Solution-focused Conceptual Ideation
(Article)Background This investigation examines the role and use of sketching as tool of design representation during conceptual design activity. In particular we focus upon sketching’s relationship with problem framing and ... -
Renewal Exhibition Artefacts
(Other)‘Redefining Luxury’ – Social and cultural innovation through Craft- re-generating the silversmithing industry. For centuries, people worldwide have satisfied themselves with the possession of beautiful things. Traditionally, ... -
Replicating an Anglo-Saxon Spindle Whorl
(Presentation)I was commissioned by the Leicester Arts and Museums Service to replicate a 1500 year old rock crystal faceted spindle whorl that was dug near Lutterworth Road. A spindle whorl is a disc or spherical object fitted onto the ... -
Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century
(Book)The green belt has been one of the UK’s most consistent and successful planning policies. Over the past century, it has limited urban sprawl and preserved the countryside around our cities, but is it still fit for purpose ... -
Rethinking luxury through the handmade
(Conference)At the very core of fashion, as a system based on the dialectic relationship between the high-end consumer and the mass market, is the notion of the ‘authentic’ as the marker of distinction, the desire for which continuously ... -
A review on upcycling: Current body of literature, knowledge gaps and a way forward
(Conference)Upcycling is a process in which used materials are converted into something of higher value and/or quality in their second life. It has been increasingly recognised as one promising means to reduce material and energy use, ... -
Revlis 'Open Up' the fluidity of Silver.
(Other)Revlis Unzipped, captures the fluidity of sterling silver and explores the notion of movement in precious material. The Artefact- represents innovative thinking and challenges the technical ability and mastery of hand ... -
Risky business
(Article)Today nearly every workplace boasts codes of business ethics. But as far back as 1995/6, it was clear that ethics were a symptom of a wider aversion to risk -
The role of appropriate footwear in the management of diabetic foot: Perspective of clinicians in a low resource setting
(Article)The use of appropriate footwear among patients with diabetes mellitus and those with diabetic foot problems has been documented to play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of the established foot disease. However, ... -
Sacred space of the diaspora as exhibition space embodying spiritual heritage, culture, values and tradition. (Draft)
(Book chapter)Sacred space of the diaspora as exhibition space embodying spiritual heritage, culture, values and tradition. This chapter aims to critically analyse the sacred space of the diaspora as exhibition space; in the context ... -
Sarah Turner–Eco-artist and designer through craft-based upcycling
(Article)Sarah Turner is an eco-artist and designer who practices craft-based upcycling with waste plastic bottles and cans to create lighting, sculpture and decorative home interior products. Since 1998, her enthusiasm, creativity ... -
Scaling up British fashion upcycling businesses: Multi-stakeholder perspectives
(Conference)Purpose: Fashion upcycling, the process of using waste clothing and textiles to create new products, is an alternative to business-as-usual practices which can effectively address concerns on excessive consumption of energy ... -
Seaming Hands: The Meaning and Value of the Handmade in Contemporary Fashion
(Article)The perpetual crisis of subjectivity experienced today means that the modern self is always partial and relative to what is “other.” This corresponds to the more individualized and coded values relevant to what is currently ... -
'Seaming, Writing, and Making Strange: between material and text'
(Conference)Although prevalent in the process of practice-led research for the arts, uncertainty and ambiguity seem to be most powerfully present in the transaction between material and textual elements. This article discusses the ... -
Seaming, Writing, and Making Strange: Between material and text.
(Article)Although prevalent in the process of artistic research, uncertainty and ambiguity seem to be most powerfully present in the transaction between material and textual elements. This article focuses on the productive aspects ... -
Seamlessness: Making and (Un)Knowing in Fashion Practice
(Book)Taking the concept of “seamlessness” as her starting point, Yeseung Lee offers an innovative practice-based investigation into the meaning of the handmade in the age of technological revolution and globalized production ...