This study explores the relationships between functional climbing protection devices and playful children's craft materials. It focuses on the intersection and interaction of these seemingly disparate objects, both visually and conceptually. The photographs showcase the juxtaposition of the industrial materials used in climbing protection devices with the often whimsical materials commonly found in children's crafts. Through these images, the study explores the visual similarities and differences between the two, emphasizing how the physical tools used in each activity demand similar levels of manual dexterity and spatial awareness. The study also considers the broader context of these objects, exploring how they are used and perceived in different contexts. For instance, while climbing protection devices are typically associated with safety and risk management, the research highlights how they can also be appreciated as objects of beauty and craftsmanship in their own right. Similarly, while children's craft materials are often dismissed as trivial, the work demonstrates how they can be instrumental, formal, and serious. The photographs not only highlight the imaginative possibilities that arise when considering the parallels between climbing and crafting but also invite viewers to contemplate the potential for new forms of creative expression that emerge when these two activities are brought together. By examining the expressive relationship between climbing gear and children's craft materials, this photographic research challenges viewers to look beyond surface-level differences, providing insights into the creative potential of everyday objects and materials. This, in turn, encourages the exploration of new ideas and approaches in both expressive and functional contexts.

This research explores the relationship between climbing protection devices and everyday tableware and kitchen appliances. By juxtaposing these seemingly disparate objects, the project aims to investigate the similarities and differences in their form, function, and design. The photographs showcase various climbing protection devices, such as cams, nuts, and bolts, alongside common kitchen items like plates, cups, and utensils. The research aims to demonstrate the potential for everyday objects to be reinterpreted and repurposed to convey new meanings, challenging the viewer's preconceptions about the objects in question. Through this unique pairing, the project highlights the beauty and complexity of both climbing gear and everyday objects, while also prompting viewers to consider the role of design in both practical and recreational settings. By exploring the relationship between climbing equipment and everyday household items, the project encourages viewers to consider the ways in which design principles are shared across different contexts and domains. The work invites the viewer to ponder the similarities and differences between these seemingly unrelated domains and question how the context in which an object is presented can alter its meaning and significance, particularly the underlying design principles that shape our built environment. It also encourages viewers to appreciate the beauty and artistry inherent in even the most utilitarian objects. The photographs present a critical analysis of the expressive potential of these objects, drawing visually on a range of theoretical perspectives and approaches from the fields of visual culture and semiotics. Overall, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of the complex and multifaceted relationships between objects, meaning, and expression in contemporary visual culture.

This study seeks to advance upcycling methods in fashion practice with the specificity of design methods that centre on revaluation and resignification of waste materials. The development of three key approaches to upcycling were tested for future application as design briefs and pedagogies in practice and education. These were developed through the acquisition, sorting and selection of a large sample of secondhand, consumer waste materials across fashion and textiles sectors. Practice-based experiments and the use of different forms of photo documentation examined and explored distinct ways to creatively understand waste material properties, conditions and potential. Fashion and material studies frameworks of object biographies, wardrobe studies, waste, secondhand material economies and art practice approaches of reclaimed materials expanded and refined the approaches. “Material Inventories” is proposed as a creative and analytical method to identify, sort and annotate pre- and post-consumer waste materials. “Garment ontologies” delineates how traditionally “design” in fashion practice is separate from materials and production. These methods enable a deeper investigation into material qualities, conditions, and reuse potential for extended life cycles. This experimental study presents novel and relevant findings with a compelling material sample and practice-based methods adjacent to scholarship in this area that are predominately theoretical- or case study-based.

Digitaliseringen av mode växer fram i allt större takt och under en tid där fysisk interaktion är begränsat. Under de senaste åren har flertalet samarbeten ägt rum mellan mode- och spelföretag, där digitala tvillingar av fysiska kläder skapas och implementeras i spel. Denna förstudie är finansierad av Västra Götalandsregionen och ämnar att undersöka kopplingar mellan mode och spel, dess skillnader och likheter när det kommer till konsumtion och betydelse av digitala respektive fysiska kläder, samt även undersöka samarbetsvägarna mellan dessa två områden och hur samarbeten skulle kunna se ut. Under förstudien har aktörer inom mode- och spelindustri intervjuats och en workshop har hållits för att få en djupare förståelse kring gemensamma intressepunkter och utmaningar. Resultatet har visat att det finns starka paralleller kring kläders representation för både skaparen och användaren i båda världar och att utmaningarna för samarbete dels ligger i tekniska begränsningar, företagskultur och bristande kunskap om det andra området hos respektive område. Resultatet visar också ett växande intresse och behov av hybriddesigner eller hybrida team som agerar som broar mellan dessa två områden.

This research proposes design methods for reuse and upcycling of post-consumer waste materials as an integral part of responsive design approaches for fashion design practice. The study seeks to overcome institutional barriers that limit potential applications of upcycling practices and how post-consumer waste materials can be included in fashion design curriculum and pedagogy. The findings reveal the need for a variety of design methods for upcycling to be embedded throughout education programmes from Bachelor to Master’s levels. The research suggests that academic institutions need to create a variety of assessment frameworks, foundational courses, learning activities and experiences that scaffold engaged uses and understanding of materials and diverse contexts and conditions.

The human body has been pivotal in much architectural research. Researchers of public space often underscore its interactive and transformative qualities as linking to a broader understanding of the different individual social practices taking place in such spaces. What seems to be lacking however is an analysis of the relationship between the dressed body and the built environment which together constitute a public space. The aim of this paper is to explore and elaborate on the interaction between dressed bodies and architectural structures and outline an alternative approach to understanding the different aesthetic forces at play in the constitution of public space. Using a photographic series of piloted experimental sites, this paper points out how the aesthetics of fashion enrich, contribute to, and change the aesthetics of urban architectural environments. The result prompts a clearer understanding of the interaction between dressed bodies and architecture and offers guidance for future research designed to bridge the gap between the aesthetics of the scale of the body and the scale of building and infrastructure in the constitution of public space.