Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience

This is the first research project to simultaneously examine gaps evident between professional design process and amateur creative practice (in modifying home), between idealised and realised concepts of self-place, and consumptive and transformative behaviour. The thesis significantly demonstrates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Nicola Dawn
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1629