The Public-Object Nexus: Activating Public Space Through Human-Centered Design

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The Public-Object Nexus: Activating Public Space Through Human-Centered Design

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Auckland University of Technology

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The role of product design in activating public spaces is a relatively under researched area within the discipline of public space design. As a result, the potential for better addressing public user-needs through innovation using human-centered design has been largely unexplored. The primary objective of the Public-Object Nexus project was to investigate how the design of public urban furniture can be enhanced, to more effectively support an active and dynamic public lifestyle. The project s...

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Research paper

Research format

Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2011

Creator

Nelson, Aaron Basil

URL

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/1349

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Product design / Public space / Human-Centered Design / Passive observations / Urban furniture / Open-affordances

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