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Browsing by Author "Mady, Christine, Ph.D."

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  • Educational wellbeing driven by despecialized contextual design 
    El Hage, Yasmin Hamze (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    Many university students work in poorly designed facilities and these environments negatively affect them, by causing physical discomfort and posing a threat to their wellbeing. Additionally, studies show that the physical environment can affect students’ wellbeing, satisfaction, and productivity. This research explores the effect of desks in educational facilities on students’ wellbeing. It proposes to address the characteristics of desks that would enhance physical wellbeing among students through a despecialized approach. The research investigates the current state of desks within the three ...
  • Inclusive packaging : design guidelines to improve packaging visibility for people with low vision in Lebanon 
    Habib, Massoud George (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    People with low vision form a user group that graphic designers and visual communicators often fail to address. Product packages are just one example of a design output that may not need of low vision clientele. This study consolidates and summarizes literature relevant to the design needs of people with low vision including literature on inclusive design, visibility of colors and pictures, readability and legibility of type and packaging semantics. The aim of this thesis is to set guidelines for packaging designers and introduce the needs of people with low vision in their design practices. To ...
  • Towards connecting with children : developing creative arabic illustration talents in Lebanon 
    Bezirjian, Aline Grace (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2015)
    This research presents the problem of Arabic illustrated picture books in the Lebanese market that need to be enhanced in relation to the design and illustration aspects for children aged five to seven. The aim of this thesis is to increase readership and learning in the Arabic language among children in Lebanon and guide illustrators in enhancing the quality of their picture book illustrations. Several aspects appropriate for the development of picture book illustration guidelines for children were reviewed including communication through visual language, the contemporary approach of including ...
  • Transformative service design: shaping Lebanese magazine industries by design 
    El Khoury, Simona (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018-05)
    Nowadays innovation in design is playing an important role in services, giving rise to new design disciplines, focused not only on objects but also on services and systems (Willets, 2013). Services are less discussed as design objects and more as means of supporting the emergence of more collaborating societies (Sangiorgi, 2011). This research aims to explore whether Lebanese magazine industries, via service design, can incorporate digital options into the conventional print production process to sustain and refine its current services and systems. And if it were the case, what would the procedures ...