Browsing Research articles (Dept of Industrial Design & Technology) by Issue Date
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Strategies for infusing cultural elements in product design
(Design Education Forum of South Africa (DEFSA) http://www.defsa.org.za, 2007)There is little in-depth research that can assist designers to use culture as a catalyst for designing innovative products within Botswana’s context. This is supported by evidence from the literature which indicate that ... -
Product analysis based on Botswana's postcolonial socio-cultural perspective
(Chinese Institute of Design, http://www.ijdesign.org, 2007)Products designed and manufactured in any country are influenced by local factors, such as the availability of raw materials, human skills, tradition, and socio-cultural values. The tendency to use available natural resources ... -
Strategies for infusing cultural element in product design
(Design Education Forum of South Africa (DEFSA), http://www.defsa.org.za, 2007-01-01)There is little in-depth research that can assist designers to use culture as a catalyst for designing innovative products within Botswana’s context. This is supported by evidence from the literature which indicate that ... -
Product analysis based on Botswana’s postcolonial socio-cultural perspective
(Creative Commons. www.ijdesign.org, 2007-08-01)Products designed and manufactured in any country are influenced by local factors, such as the availability of raw materials, human skills, tradition, and socio-cultural values. The tendency to use available natural ... -
Culture-orientated product design
(Springer http://www.springerlink.com/index/4p70461149163718.pdf, 2010)There is little in-depth research that can assist designers to use culture as a catalyst for designing innovative products within Botswana’s context. The concept of culture and design are intertwined, thus modifications ... -
Production system optimization: case study of a local textile company
(Invention Journal of Research Technology in Engineering & Management, https://archive.org/details/Httpwww.ijrtem.com/IJRTEM_A0270104/, 2017-10)The manufacturing sector in Botswana has been rapidly growing in recent times. Glam Collections used as a case study organization in this research, is an SME textile manufacturing company with its base of operations in ...