Empowering Airbrush Design for Social Innovation: Building a Micro-Community Based Creative Platform

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dc.contributor.advisorWong, Wendy Siuyi
dc.creatorZhang, Frank Jing
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:20:52Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:20:52Z
dc.date.copyright2019-04-08
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.date.updated2019-07-02T16:20:52Z
dc.degree.disciplineDesign
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMDes - Master of Design
dc.description.abstractAirbrush is a mechanical painting tool using compressed air to spray paint onto various surfaces. Since its introduction with the first patent in 1876, commercial artists and illustrators applied its seamless color blending effects in a wide range of creative areas, and the medium reached its peak in popularity between the 1950s and late 1980s. Now, the medium is facing the challenge of being marginalized in the mainstream design industry due to the advancement of digital technology. To begin a critical inquiry of this situation, French art critic Nicolas Bourriauds concept of Relational Aesthetics will be the main theoretical reference for this thesis. Viewing the medium as a relational art form, this thesis connects Italian design theorist Ezio Manzinis Bottom-to-Top design methodology to facilitate the delivery of a community-based Airbrush Design platform. This platform will act as a catalyst to empower people to use the medium for social recognition and to mediate between individual (private) and institutional (public) spaces.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36307
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectArt history
dc.subject.keywordsAirbrush Design
dc.subject.keywordsRelational Aesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsCo-design
dc.subject.keywordsTechnology
dc.subject.keywordsMarginalization
dc.subject.keywordsSubculture
dc.subject.keywordsInstitution
dc.subject.keywordsIndividual
dc.subject.keywordsSocial
dc.subject.keywordsPlatform
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity
dc.subject.keywordsInnonvation
dc.subject.keywordsDemocratization
dc.titleEmpowering Airbrush Design for Social Innovation: Building a Micro-Community Based Creative Platform
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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