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This study aims to examine the practice of jewellery design, i.e. how practitioners describe their work and how they create the knowledge needed for their practice. The paper reports on an interview study with jewellery designers, which was analysed using a grounded theory approach. The study indicates that jewellery design practice is defined by the relationship between three main factors; the role of the designer, the type of jewellery, and the type of material used in the process. These factors are in turn affected by differences in (1) approaches used in the design process (2) external and internal factors influencing designers’ ways of working, and (3) ways of establishing knowledge. The study provides new insights, which add to the understanding of how designers comprehend their practice and create the knowledge they need for their work.
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The authors wish to thank the participants in the interview for contributing to the findings of this study. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA for the duration of my PhD Studies.
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Mohd Rajili, N.A., Liem, A., Olander, E., Warell, A. (2015). Processes, Methods and Knowledge Creation in Jewellery Design Practice. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 34. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2232-3_27
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