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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Main Author: Smith, Nicola Dawn
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1629
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description 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 the validity of bricolage and hybridity to both design research and practice, providing new models for co-creation and co-design relevant to all those involved in the modification of home and home life; the space of lifestyle.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-16292017-02-20T06:38:47Z Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience Smith, Nicola Dawn 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 the validity of bricolage and hybridity to both design research and practice, providing new models for co-creation and co-design relevant to all those involved in the modification of home and home life; the space of lifestyle. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1629 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Smith, Nicola Dawn
Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title_full Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title_fullStr Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title_full_unstemmed Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title_short Lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (DIY) as a transformative experience
title_sort lifestyle, design process and the creative practice of do-it-yourself (diy) as a transformative experience
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1629