• Carousel: A study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impact on delivering 'one week' exchange experiences 

      Stoltenberg, Einar; Firth, Richard; Taks, Michael (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      To prepare students for their future careers in a globalizing society, several large-scale higher education student and staff exchange programmes focus on international collaboration. ...
    • Choices for the future: A digital learning resource to enable critical reflection 

      Hedlund, Annie (Master thesis, 2023)
      To achieve the sustainability goal of ensuring sustainable consumption by 2030, it is crucial to reduce clothing consumption and adopt a critical approach towards our consumption patterns. In the Norwegian lower secondary ...
    • Co-creation in professional craft practice 

      Groth, Camilla; Berg, Arild (Proceedings of DRS 2018: Catalyst;Vol 4, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-01)
      Design practice involves several disciplines, and when the manufacturing process demands special skills, designers outsource the work to craftspersons. Traditionally, craftspersons make a living by taking orders and ...
    • Co-creation in Service Design; a master’s study on how to achieve sustainable services 

      Larson, Helena; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      n today’s society, services are growing into complex systems that may not always respond to the needs of the people using them. Therefore, the discipline of service design is now often used as a source to find gaps in ...
    • Collaborative innovation: a study of creative teamwork in offshore industry and in design education 

      Pavel, Nenad; Berg, Arild (Design Education & Human Technology Relations;2014, Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2014)
      Entrepreneurship is identified as a key activity to creating value to society as well as the successful adaption of the products and services to users’ lives. This is why entrepreneurship as concept is finding it’s ...
    • Critical design for discussion about public space 

      Münster, Sunniva; Berg, Arild (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      This research focuses on Critical Design and the use of provocative design objects to create discussion about public space. The project sets out to develop a design approach and a critical design method for making conceptual ...
    • Design as a tool to reduce food waste: Presentation of salvage food in grocery stores 

      Soleng, Maja Wawrzyniak; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The global issue of food waste affects us all. Measures to reduce food waste have been introduced at various places, but there is still a need for development of new strategies. How grocery stores present their salvage ...
    • Design Contribution to Consumers Knowledge Regarding Healthier and More Sustainable Nutritional Choices at The Grocery Store 

      Juodziukynaite, Egle (E&PDE;DS 110: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021), VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark. 9th -10th September 2021, Conference object, 2021)
      In Norwegian grocery stores, consumers encounter many accreditation labels. However, these rarely contribute to healthier or more environmentally friendly nutritional choices. This master’s study analyses how product design ...
    • Design process and conscious problem solving through computer aided design education 

      Pavel, Nenad; Omlid, Mikael (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      With rapidly changing technologies in product developemnt, it is necessary for design students to focus on inquiry-based learning in order to adapt to changes instead of simply learning form-giving and model-making skills. ...
    • Designing an Interdiciplinary Course in a Makerspace-Towards collaborative creativity for a sustainable society 

      Berg, Arild; Güler, Evin; Sandtrø, Tengel Aas; Carella, Alfredo Raúl; Lysebo, Marius; Haugen Thor, Jenny Helene; Norvalls, Mali (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskrift for Design Og Designdidaktikk; Vol 13 Nr. 6 (2020): Utdanning for ny praksis - teknologi, design og bærekraft på tvers I. Temanummer, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-31)
      The study explored how to developanelective, interdisciplinary course in a makerspace. The study highlighted the potentials and pitfalls in the transitional space between institutionalised and research-based higher education ...
    • Designing and Learning by Technological Mediation: Adoption, Adaptation, Attainment 

      Pavel, Nenad (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskrift for Design Og Designdidaktikk;volume 14, issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-19)
      In this article, an instrumental case study of a practical course in assistive technologies in cooperation between Norway and Brazil shows how patients, design students, and therapists participate in designing and learning. ...
    • Designing burial monuments to increase emotional awareness in product design 

      Stoltenberg, Einar; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The motivation for writing this paper is the growing concern in society towards the amount of products we produce containing low utility and sustainability. Through emotional awareness the student can design meaningful ...
    • Designing for Small Bathrooms 

      Sivertsen, Arnt Kåre; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)
      This paper will focus on how to design a series of bathroom products that work well for small bathrooms using the principles of universal design. In home culture research, Quitzau and Røpke has studied bathroom transformation ...
    • Designing for user experience in Nordic skiing 

      Stuler, Håkon; Berg, Arild (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      Although the experience is the most important aspect of skiing, sports equipment manufacturers do not seem to take this into account in the development of skiing products. This paper examines how the sports industry can ...
    • Designing the Future – Sustainability, Digitisation and Employment Insecurity 

      Starling, Robert E. (E&PDE;DS 104: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2020), VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark. 10th -11th September 2020, Conference object, 2020)
      Humanity is changing the world. Unsustainable growth and progress push against fragile planetary boundaries. Automation threatens to make large numbers unemployable in the future. Digitisation alienates older generations ...
    • Det var en gang en krakk : 18.-26. feb. 2011, utstilling IKEA Slependen 

      Sjøvoll, Vibeke (Book, 2011)
      Førsteårsstudenter på produktdesignstudiet ved Høgskolen i Akershus har forvandlet IKEA-krakken ODDVAR til nye uttrykk, former, ideer og funksjoner. Med utgangspunkt i et hverdagsobjekt ble studentene utfordret til å ...
    • Digital Drawing Demystified: Exploring a Creative Zone of Proximal Development 

      Seiersten, Nils; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the theoretical notion of Vygotsky’s notion of a ‘zone of proximal development’ (ZPD) where learning is supported by doing things together. In the work life product designers ...
    • The digital workshop zone of proximal development – student shopping amongst advanced production processes 

      Andreassen, Kristin; Lyche, Wenche; Haugen, Sigrid (Conference object, 2019)
      How do we train product design students’ creative skills using traditional material processing techniques and advanced production processes using Vygotzky’s zone of proximal development as a pedagogical tool? Over the ...
    • Dimensions of Behaviour Change in the context of Designing for a Circular Economy 

      Daae, Johannes; Chamberlin, Lucy; Boks, Casper (The Design Journal;Volume 21, 2018 - Issue 4: Includes the Special Themed Section: The Product Lifetime and the Environment (PLATE), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-30)
      Circular economy research has seen increasing attention over the years, but with limited attention for how to design circular solutions that actually will change user behaviour. At the same time, Design for Sustainable ...
    • Dimensions of sustainable behaviour in a circular economy context 

      Daae, Johannes; Chamberlin, Lucy; Boks, Casper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Although Design for Sustainable Behaviour research has seen increasing attention over the last decade, limited attention has been directed towards behaviours relevant for a circular economy. To investigate this shortcoming, ...