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Art therapy techniques as a novel creative method for exploring design for home happiness
journal contribution
posted on 2019-05-16, 09:11 authored by Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh, Carolina Escobar-TelloHome can play a central role in influencing societal practices, being, among other conceptualisations, a social system supportive of basic and psychological needs. Art therapy techniques can be used for exploring home happiness from this perspective. They appear to enable the identification of systemic facilitators of happy home moments, informing design opportunities. This paper discusses art therapy techniques as a new tailored creative method for exploring this within design research. It begins by describing relevant home and happiness concepts, art therapy techniques and similar creative methods. This is followed by an explanation of how art therapy approaches were used to examine practices for home happiness. Subsequently, research results are highlighted, such as how 'design for home happiness' can create applicable design products and services. Finally, implications of employing art therapy techniques in 'designing for home happiness' are suggested.
History
School
- Design and Creative Arts
Department
- Design
Published in
Journal of Design ResearchVolume
16Issue
3/4Pages
175 - 195Citation
CORRIGAN-KAVANAGH, E. and ESCOBAR-TELLO, M.C., 2019. Art therapy techniques as a novel creative method for exploring design for home happiness. Journal of Design Research, 16 (3/4), pp.175-195.Publisher
© Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Design Research and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1504/JDR.2018.099533.Acceptance date
2018-08-01Publication date
2019-04-24ISSN
1748-3050eISSN
1569-1551Publisher version
Language
- en