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WIRAD is Wales’s premier Art & Design research institution and by building on the research excellence and talent that Wales possesses aims to be an internationally significant player in the Art & Design research field. The WIRAD partnership includes Art & Design Researchers at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, University of South Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales.
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Material Systems: kinetic sound art and STS
(Routledge, 2019-10)This paper will explore how sensibilities and approaches from Science and Technology Studies (STS) can help to understand and identify the field of kinetic sound art, extracting specific concerns from a boarder milieu of ... -
Speaker Park: An Intersection of loudspeaker design and post-acousmatic composition.
(2019-12)Speaker Park was an internationally curated project which brought together a custom installation of 24 hand built, sculptural loudspeakers made by Roar Sletteland and Jon Pigott, with two composers, Antti Sakari Saario and ... -
Uncovering self-management needs to better design for people living with lymphoedema
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2019-11-13)This paper reports on the application of design-based tools used to uncover the needs of people living with a chronic condition. It was built on increasing rhetoric calling for greater involvement of patients in the creation ... -
Empowering indigenous communities in India through the use of design thinking methods
(UKRI, 2019-12-20)The project explored how user-led design research methods such as design thinking can be used to engage with, and empower indigenous communities in rural India, with a focus on how to improve their health and well-being. ... -
Product user testing: The void between laboratory testing and field testing
(Manchester School of Art, 2019-09-02)User testing will frequently make the difference between an excellent product and a poor one. Moreover, in certain fields such as medical device development or training, the defence field or automotive industry, such testing ... -
Expert opinion on the barriers to communicating excellent research in commercially driven design projects
(Intellect, 2019-07-12)Effective university-industry collaboration has become a major focus for governments in recent years. Universities are increasingly expected to play a greater role in the innovation system and evidence their contribution ... -
How student engagement has been enhanced through research into factors affecting creativity
(RAISE, 2019-11-08)Student engagement is critical in helping students learn effectively and achieve success. For students working in the areas of art and design, there is also a strong emphasis placed on the importance of creativity. Over ... -
Preference Analysis of Architectural Facades by Multidimensional Scaling and Unfolding
(Springer, 2019-09-07)The methods of paired comparison and ranking play an important role in the analysis of preference data. In this study, first we show how asymmetric multidimensional scaling allows to represent in a diagram the preference ... -
Multiscale three-dimensional surface reconstruction and surface roughness of porcine left anterior descending coronary arteries
(Royal Society, 2019-09-11)The aim of this study was to investigate the multiscale surface roughness characteristics of coronary arteries, to aid in the development of novel biomaterials and bioinspired medical devices. Porcine left anterior descending ... -
Responses of Kuwaiti Government Dwelling Occupants Regarding Their Perception, Preferences, and Behaviours
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015-03-17)Kuwaiti Government is bound by law to provide Government dwellings to each Kuwaiti male getting married within a maximum period of eight years. The demand for Kuwaiti Government dwellings increased by eight percent each ... -
The use of the 3D scanning and printing in the production of replicas
(ICON, 2015-05-01)In December 2013 English Heritage opened the new Stonehenge Visitor Centre to the public, it included displays of original artefacts found at the World Heritage site. However not all of the artefacts considered vital for ... -
Imagining a digital future: how could we design for enchantment within the special education curriculum?
(2019-09-02)The implementation of the new “Successful Futures” curriculum in the UK, means that learners between the ages of 3 to 16 will be challenged to use digital media to develop their life skills, personal confidence, work ... -
Comparing Angular and Curved Shapes in Terms of Implicit Associations and Approach/Avoidance Responses
(PLoS, 2015-10-13)Most people prefer smoothly curved shapes over more angular shapes. We investigated the origin of this effect using abstract shapes and implicit measures of semantic association and preference. In Experiment 1 we used a ... -
The suit maketh the man: Masculinity and social class in Kingsman: The Secret Service (Vaughn, 2014)
(Intellect Books, 2018-12-01)This article outlines the ways in which suits are synonymous with masculinity examining the, sometimes paradoxical, nature of suits worn by men of all social classes, and for different reasons. For example, hegemonic men ... -
'Sex doesn't alarm me': exploring heterosexual male identity in BBC's Sherlock
(Intellect Books, 2019-10-01)Using the character of Sherlock Holmes in the recent BBC’s Sherlock (2010– present), this article explores the challenges posed to masculine identity through ascetic behaviour. Asceticism is usually associated with abstinence ... -
Does visual space correspond to imagined space?
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Washing with the Gods. An exhibition of Magic Soaps from Central America, South America, and Spain
(2019-07-21)Most people are familiar with bars of soap and probably use them every day without thinking about them. Soap is one of the mundane objects that form part of our everyday lives. Generally, a normal bar of soap will cost ... -
Problems and Paradoxes of Painting and Perception
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2019-09-11)This illustrated essay highlights some conceptual problems that arise when we consider the nature of visual perception and its relationship to art. Science proceeds on the assumption that natural phenomena operate rationally ...
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