• Artificial reefs on surfaces for biodiversity in Oslo harbor: How system oriented design and a digital service brings us one step closer 

      Deichmann, Thor Ronald (MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)
      The purpose of this project is to find design opportunities and a designed proposal for habitat restoration and more specifically ‘artificial reefs’ on surfaces in Oslo harbor. This is also known as ‘diversification of ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Design for disaster preparedness: A self-sustained communication network in earthquake scenarios 

      Giray, Çep (MAPD;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      Design solution I am proposing here consists of an application interface for the disaster victims and an underlying communication network solution that can self-sustain by building a mesh network between the mobile ...
    • Design og utvikling av søk- og redningsdrone 

      Shahinian, Nima J. (MAPD;2016, Master thesis, 2016)
      This thesis is written as part of the Master’s program in Product Design at Oslo and Akershus Uni- versity College in spring 2016. The thesis investigates the design and development of a rescue drone / UAV (Unmanned aerial ...
    • A design perspective on the future of sustainable welfare 

      Yepes, David Guillermo Leal (MAPD;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      Work and welfare are changing rapidly because of politics, technology, and economics, and the impact of the pandemic has accelerated this process of evolution. In the future, the quest for purpose in work and the ...
    • 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 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. ...
    • Educating designers with 3D printers: a postphenomenological perspective on maker and design pedagogy 

      Pavel, Nenad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Learning in makerspaces is free from curriculum and evaluation and is believed to yield practical, self-driven and solution-oriented learners. This study explores how makerspace pedagogy can be emulated in formal higher ...
    • Education for Resilience with Emerging Technologies: A Qualitative Study on the Learner – Media Relationship in Product Design Education 

      Pavel, Nenad (OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 2, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This doctoral dissertation explores how emerging technologies, especially 3D printing, can affect pedagogy. The purpose is to provide practical and theoretical knowledge that can strengthen sustainable education. The aim ...
    • Experiences with nature: An exploration of storytelling’s impact on children and their guardians 

      Skirstad, Ingunn; Marsteen, Nora Margrete (MAPD;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      Spending time outdoors and in nature is known to be beneficial for your mental health and physical wellbeing. Regardless, people’s perception of what being outdoors might involve, and their knowledge about nature, varies ...
    • Extending Product Affordances to User Manuals 

      Pavel, Nenad; Zitkus, Emilene (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      User instructions or user manuals are instructional booklets designed with the goal of providing an overview of a product and essential information for the user to operate the product. According to a study, users tend to ...
    • FABEL - Designet for å la bruker skape 

      Hustad, Sigrid (MAPD;2014, Master thesis, 2014)
      This report describes the process of developing a gender neutral figure-toy concept with emphasis on encouraging the user to be creative. The process consists of a research phase that maps out the users habits around the ...
    • Fleksibelt møbel for lyd og bilde 

      Domaas, Ane; Høgh, Kathrine (MAPD;2013, Master thesis, 2013)
      I dette prosjektet har vi arbeidet med å utvikle et AV-møbel i samarbeid med elektronikkjeden, Elkjøp. Vi har brukt metoder som observasjon, både i hjemmet og i butikk. Vi har også gjort en spørreundersøkelse på internett, ...
    • How Designers Learn 

      Pavel, Nenad (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Designers rely on their skills of problem-reframing and concept exploration to solve complex problems. However, more than before they need to learn rapidly in order to understand the complexity of the problems they work ...
    • Mobile x-ray equipment design 

      Wang, Ting (MAPD;2012, Master thesis, 2012)
      This research project has a focus on the redesign of a user friendly mobile X- ray machine and a suspension for the connected detector. User friendliness is a trend of industrial design and is also a main goal of redesign. ...
    • Multistable Technologies and Pedagogy for Resilience: A Postphenomenological Case Study of Learning by 3D printing 

      Pavel, Nenad; Medola, Fausto Orsl; Berg, Arild; Brevik, Birger (Journal of Design and Technology Education;Vol 25, No 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Accelerated technological innovation induces disruptions in society and education. It results in both threats to and opportunities for the way the society learns and works. This case study examined the phenomenon of learning ...
    • Norway-UK Comparative Analysis of Sustainability in Design Education 

      Pavel, Nenad; Emilene, Zitkus (Proceedings of E&PDE 2018 - 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design;, Conference object, 2018)
      Education for sustainability seeks to educate students in a manner that promotes sustainable development, acknowledging upcoming societal, economic, and technological changes and equipping learners to adapt to these ...
    • Organizational identity construal through design process 

      Pavel, Nenad; Stoltenberg, Einar (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)
      Due to rapid changes in technologies and the market, institutions are not only changing their activities, but also their physical environment. Leadership tends to lead organizations by means of its structure and activities. ...
    • Phenomenological Approach to Product Design Pedagogy: A Study on Students’ Experiences in Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Settings 

      Medola, Fausto Orsi; Pavel, Nenad; Ramos Baleotti, Luciana; Darc Piculo Santos, Aline; Moya Ferrari, Ana Lya; Coelho Figliolia, Amanda (Design and Technology Education: An International Journal;Vol 26 No 2 (2021), Academic article, 2021-07-01)
      Product design pedagogical approaches require a specific mix of competences that demand multiplicity of perspectives, hybrid knowledge that exceeds professional field silos, and continuous problem reformulations. To do ...