COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Affect: A Response to Personal Devices in the Millennial Era
Creator:
Rimko, Dane Thomas
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Furniture Design
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Furniture Design
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis explores habituated use of personal technology devices. On average, adults spend 1.5 hours per day engaged in the virtual world often to the detriment of their relationships in the present world. This thesis considers how form, material and proxemics in furniture can support better choices in the use of personal technology. This thesis is intended to span three furniture categories while providing solutions for millennials." --Abstract
Keywords: connection, virtual distance, recessive, dominant, passive, technology, slope, pocket, material, Millennial.
Keywords: connection, virtual distance, recessive, dominant, passive, technology, slope, pocket, material, Millennial.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2018-01
Format:
1 online resource: 1 PDF (Thesis, 54 pages, color illustrations, graphs)