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Aija Freimane

Research

Friday, 18 September 2026

Perceived Design Value

Perceived Design Value is a postdoctoral research project on the added value of design. The study clarifies how design value is perceived by users across five generations and four socioeconomic class groups. Perceived value indicators are recommended to measure satisfaction, happiness and well-being as end results of product and service usage. The research also defines a triple design process and a self-assessment design maturity matrix. Main results are published in an A5 book of 89 pages. The aim is to help businesses, governments and society apply design more consciously.

Rozita Sophia Fogelman

ASCII Digital Design Museum

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Facebook Museum

The most interesting ways artists from around the world use Facebook as a medium, as a source material or as a starting point for criticism. Among these is the creative use of the user profile to artistic pursuits, both purely aesthetic natures, both conceptual in nature. Rozita Fogelman place status publishes images composed of graphic symbols, which is an activity that led to the mastery of Facebook Museum page. Featured in: Experimental Film, Net Art. Facebook: the social network as a space for art.

Pouladvar

Multifunctional Guitar

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Black Hole

The black hole is a multi functional guitar based on hard rock and metal music styles. The body shape gives the guitar players feeling of comfort. It's equipped with a liquid crystal display on the fretboard to generate visual effects and learning programs. Braille signs behind the guitar's neck, can help people who are blind or have low vision to play guitar.

SHAN MAI FOOD

New Consumption Pattern

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Descry Taiwan Exhibition

The exhibition was at Mountain Alishan, a famous tourist attraction in Taiwan, which combines arts with the Taiwanese traditional tea industry. The cross-sections cooperation of this exhibition could bring out the new business module. On each package, tourists can see different expressions conveying the same theme, "Taiwan." Immersing in the beautiful scenery of Taiwan, visitors could have a deeper understanding of Taiwanese tea culture and industry.

Oz Shenhar

Diameter Change Mechanism

Monday, 14 September 2026

Zikit

The drum is an exciting music instrument, but they are also the only musical instrument that has one pitch!!! A multiplayer drummer cannot play Rock Reggae and Jazz using the same snare drum. Zikit Drums designed a mechanism that provides drummers a versatility playing experience without being bound to a specific music style by changing the diameter of the snare drum in real-time. Zikit designed to augment possibilities for drummers and giving them new acoustic opportunities in creating unique content.

Liliana Soares

Mute for Trumpet

Sunday, 13 September 2026

Shatron

Shatron is a modular mute for the trumpet. The mute softens and warms the tone, producing sounds that are less strident in the high register than those of metal mutes. The support structure is made by three dimensional printing with a polymeric filament reinforced with carbon fiber, which gives rigidity and durability. Ten wooden panels of different densities form the walls, so the sound can be adjusted to the player. The wood comes from small offcuts of furniture production that are usually discarded. The form follows the pyramidal roofs of early Russian churches.

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