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Non-objects: the study of mass-produced functional objects in the domestic environment

dc.contributor.authorSoares, Cristina Lousada
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-16T15:23:02Z
dc.date.available2021-02-16T15:23:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article is part of a broader study focused on the perception of functional domestic objects. We propose the analysis of user perception of said objects, through literary revision of key authors and concepts, and also via an enquiry and photographic records of the objects of study in their domestic environment. By promoting investigation of user perception we aim to provide product designers with information and potentially tools which will be conducive to a more informed approach during the design process. “Never have more of us had more possessions than we do now, even as we make less and less use of them. The homes in which we spend so little time are filled with things.” [1] “(…) A deficit in the study and theory of use has long been known without any recognizable professional efforts to close this gap through research and intellectual efforts.” [2] Working towards the concept of non-object, as a category of objects, arose from Marc Augé’s Non-Places book which is central in our research. We wondered if, in a mass-produced world, we could also identify and name a category of objects as non-objects? The revision of key authors and theories by designers, philosophers and social theorists such as Braudillard, Brandes, Norman, Dormer, Merleau-Ponty, Flusser, Sudjic, Dorfles, Thackara, Katz and Lukic, amongst others, help us in our investigation, and support its need, and is instrumental in outlining the scope of the non-object concept.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2017/HB51/S17.047pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-619-7105-96-4
dc.identifier.issn2367-5659
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/17012
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherSGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences & Artspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://sgemsocial.org/ssgemlib/spip.php?article3913&lang=en
dc.subjectProduct designpt_PT
dc.subjectObjectspt_PT
dc.subjectFunctional objectspt_PT
dc.subjectUser perceptionpt_PT
dc.subjectObject categorizationpt_PT
dc.titleNon-objects: the study of mass-produced functional objects in the domestic environmentpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceVienna, Austriapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage396pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage389pt_PT
oaire.citation.title4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2017 Conference Proceedingspt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT

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