TKD - Master i Produktdesign
Recent Submissions
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Sykkeltyveri, hvem tar ansvar - Designprosesser i det offentlige rom
(Master thesis, 2015)Økt hverdagssykling er et nasjonalt mål med både regionale og lokale satsningsområder. Ulike politisk mål oppmuntrer til sykling som et sunt, tilgjengelig og bærekraftig alternativ til andre former for transportbruk; og ... -
Bacterial Cellulose: An investigation into living materials
(Master thesis, 2023)During the last decade designers have begun to fabricate new materials by using natural growth processes and reproducing living organisms such as bacteria, yeast, algae and fungi. This intersection of design and biology ... -
Visualizing uncertainty in the weather forecast - A study focusing on wind, temperature, and precipitation
(Master thesis, 2023)This project takes on the challenges of visualizing uncertainty in weather forecasts, aiming to create efficient, simple, and user-friendly solutions that present complex data. Specifically, it focuses on the visualization ... -
Sidewalks of Oslo: Rethinking ordinary with systemic design
(Master thesis, 2023)Sidewalks play a central role in pedestrian infrastructure. Designed for walking, they are known to be the healthiest mode of transportation for individuals. However, our experiences reveal that the physical environment ... -
Using Service Design to Bring Life to Abandoned Buildings and Brownfields in Liberec Region
(Master thesis, 2023)This Master's thesis explores how the implementation of the 'Context for Experience' methodology can have a positive impact on the numerous brownfield locations in Czechia. According to the Czech National Brownfield Database, ... -
Systems Oriented Design in Practice: Through the Lens of the Designer
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis is focused on the reflections and experiences of designers in connection to practical application of systems oriented design. The primary sources for the information in this thesis is from seven different ... -
How graphic design can benefit and harm consumers in the perception of sustainable food packaging
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis is about how consumers perception of graphic design and visual cues affect the ability to recycle and determine material components in packaging. As well how these cues are utilized by companies in either ... -
Exploration of intuitive wayfinding
(Master thesis, 2023)Every day we encounter wayfinding in some way. Either if it is road signage, at your job, in your local shopping mall. If it works, it is easy to take it for granted. While if it is lacking or not intuitive, it could ... -
How can ecological sanitation become a feasible answer to improving sustainable waste management in Norway?
(Master thesis, 2023)This research study investigates "How ecological sanitation can become a feasible answer to improve sustainable waste management in Norway?". Through a holistic systemic analysis, the entire sanitation system in Norway has ... -
Impressions of Nature
(Master thesis, 2023)This is a practice-based project that uses qualitative, artistic research methods. The project’s foundational method of re-mediation is used to explore the dynamic relationship between form and materiality and how this ... -
Expressive prostheses: A case study through interdisciplinary collaboration
(Master thesis, 2023)In the field of prosthetics, the main focus is usually to bring back functionality after limb loss or congenital limb deficiency. Prosthetics can be categorized in many different ways. There are bodily powered rudimentary ... -
Utilizing Waste From Construction Sites - Exploring The Reuse Of Construction Lumber Through SOD
(Master thesis, 2023)In Norway, the building and construction industry is a large consumer of both energy and materials. In order for this sector to align with the green shift, we need to reduce emissions from energy use and embodied emissions ... -
Future imagery of synthetic food
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)With a constantly growing world population, food production through traditional agriculture and farming is putting the planet’s resources to the test. Could artificial food ensure adequate nutrition for everyone in the ... -
Livsmestring gjennom omgivelsene: En salutogen tilnærming til hjemmet som en utvidet arena for eldre
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)This master’s project in the study product design - design for complexity approaches health through the theory of salutogenesis, meaning the origin of health. Salutogenesis differs from the traditional pathological approach ... -
A systemic approach to root causes of food waste: Undertittel and what design can add to food and health education
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)This thesis is written as part of the Master’s program in Product Design at Oslo Metropolitan University in spring 2022. The thesis investigates the households behaviours towards food waste of edible food. As it takes a ... -
Artificial reefs on surfaces for biodiversity in Oslo harbor: How system oriented design and a digital service brings us one step closer
(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 ... -
Purik: A journey to your dreams. Supporting youth from disadvantaged areas in Colombia during the transition to higher education as a way to foster human development.
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)Purik is a framework for supporting youth, from disadvantaged areas of Colombia, to make the transition to higher education. It is leveraged in education and the UN's human development approach as a way to foster human ... -
They are watching us: Designing for behavioral tracking awareness.
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)Surveillance Capitalism permeates every aspect of our lives. Our behavior is getting recorded, analyzed and used to influence our choices. How can we raise people’s awareness in regards to Behavioral Tracking and the ... -
Plenty - investeringskunnskap: En masteroppgave om å designe et verktøy som kan få flere kvinner til å investere.
(MAPD;2022, Master thesis, 2022)I Norge er kapitalgapet mellom kvinner og menn på størrelsen med et helt statsbudsjett. Årsakene bygger på strukturelle ulikheter i samfunnet, som fører til at kvinner tjener minst, eier minst, ofte havner i situasjoner ... -
Design for disaster preparedness: A self-sustained communication network in earthquake scenarios
(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 ...
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