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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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WIRAD: RAE 2008 Submission [128]
RAE Submission CSAD, PDR and AMD, University of Wales, Newport
Recent submissions
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Open Doors: designing playful objects for dementia
(TUD press, 2019)This design-based submission comprises a prototype design for a playful object for use in dementia care and the ‘Open Doors’documentary video that explains the underpinning research collaboration. LUMA is a hand-held playful ... -
Designing Folding Interventions for Positive Moments
(TUD press, 2019)People living in the advanced stages of dementia are often confined to a bed or chair and spend many hours unoccupied. Hand-based activities that are ‘in the moment’ and provide stimulation have the potential to relieve ... -
Designing for people living with dementia
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A GHG Metric Methodology to Assess Onsite Buildings Non-Potable Water System for Outdoor Landscape Use
(MDPI, 2020-02-16)This paper documents a water:energy greenhouse gas (GHG) metric methodology for a decentralized non-potable water system that was developed as part of a Professional Doctorate in Engineering (DEng) research project by the ... -
Why the Terms Unisex and Gender Neutral are not Fit for Purpose in Contemporary Clothing and Fashion Design
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Visual perception in far peripheral visual space and its artistic representations
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Far peripheral visual field occupies the vast majority of human visual field. With some recent exceptions (Freeman & Simoncelli, 2011; Strasburger, H., Rentschler, I., & Jüttner, M., 2011; Fortenbaugh, Sanghvi, ... -
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.
(2019-12-05)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 ...
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