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CSAD is home to a range of centres and groups engaged in cutting-edge, world-leading research. Through the use of innovative and participatory research methods and a collaborative approach to working with external partners, our staff use their art and design expertise to respond to global challenges across a range of fields; from healthcare, wellbeing and vision science, to innovations in new technologies, exhibition practice, and the ecological performance of new and heritage buildings.
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Making Vegetables Desirable: Improving the Eating Habits of Wales’ Younger Generation
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Existing literature exposes poor eating habits and low vegetable consumption as rife amongst adolescents. Increased autonomy in relation to decision-making around food often follows the onset of secondary school education. ... -
Multisensory instrumental dynamics as an emergent paradigm for digital musical creation
(Springer, 2020-07-07)The nature of human/instrument interaction is a long-standing area of study, drawing interest from fields as diverse as philosophy, cognitive sciences, anthropology, human–computer-interaction, and artistic creation. In ... -
Young Adolescents' Experiences and Views on Eating and Food
(Emerald, 2020-08-31)Purpose – Poor eating habits established during adolescence are likely to lead to negative long-term health consequences. The childhood obesity epidemic is a growing public health concern, largely attributed to obesogenic ... -
Making HUGs: crafting wellbeing benefits through social manufacturing
(Intellect, 2020)New approaches to manufacturing that engage groups of individuals in collaborative making have the potential not only to generate economic benefit, but also to enhance the wellbeing of those involved. This article ... -
Water resource management in the context of a non-potable water reuse case study in arid climate
(Springer, 2020-06-01)This study evaluates an existing non-potable water system serving outdoor services for a medical facility case study (MFCS) in Abu Dhabi (AD), United Arab Emirates, using mixed methods research to identify water demand ... -
Capturing Research Value in Commercial Design Outputs
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)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 ... -
An Evaluation of Offsite Timber Frame Manufacturer’s in Wales, UK
(Springer, 2019-10-27)The Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship two (KESS2) doctoral project undertaken by the first author has contributed research towards work package 4 (WP4) of the Home-Grown Homes project (HGHP), focused on disrupting the ... -
Building Performance Assessment Protocol for Timber Dwellings – Conducting Thermography Tests on Live Construction sites
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper introduces the pan-Wales (UK) Home-Grown Homes (HGH) project (2018 to 2020) which focusses on three areas of improvement for delivering high performance, affordable and healthy homes. The HGH project is funded ... -
Developing management guidance for Government funded dwelling retrofit schemes to improve occupant quality of life
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper discusses a methodology for gathering empirical data on occupant views that live in dwellings retrofitted under the Arbed two scheme in wales, UK, and also the views of stakeholder’s that delivered and managed ... -
Active Buildings in Practice
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper discusses the development and validation of a new Code of Practice for the design of Active Buildings, which will be the main output from a Professional Doctorate in the Sustainable Built Environment (D.SBE) ... -
Holistic Dwelling Energy Assessment Protocol for Mine-water District Heat Network
(Springer, 2019-10-27)UK buildings and energy infrastructures are heavily dependent on natural gas, and a large proportion is used for domestic space heating; but 50% is imported. Improving energy security and reducing carbon emissions are major ... -
Image and indeterminacy in Heidegger's schematism
(University of Michigan, 2020)This paper focuses on the work to which the concept of image is put by Heidegger in his retrieval of the schematism in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. Whereas the schematic role of the image is never fully developed ... -
Evaluating additive manufacturing for the production of custom head supports: A comparison against a commercial head support under static loading conditions
(SAGE, 2020-01-09)The provision of wheelchair seating accessories, such as head supports, is often limited to the use of commercial products. Additive manufacturing has the potential to produce custom seating components, but there are very ... -
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, ...
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