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É objectivo desta dissertação levar a cabo um estudo sobre a influência da tecnologia na forma dos produtos que incorporam tecnologia, a partir de metodologias padrão, desenvolvidas para o efeito. Apresentam-se exemplos de produtos e das suas alterações de forma ao longo dos tempos, tenta-se perceber até que ponto são estas alterações consequentes da evolução da tecnologia e demonstra-se a importância que tem a tecnologia como determinante da forma dos produtos que incorporam tecnologia.
Levou-se a cabo um levantamento da evolução da forma, tendo em conta a tecnologia, de uma gama seleccionada de produtos de consumo que incorporam tecnologia, com o objectivo de desconstruir arquétipos que estão fixos e propor novas concepções. Atende-se nomeadamente a uma gama de tecnologias antevistas para o futuro, também elas alvo de estudo nesta dissertação, que permitirão novas concepções e visualizações futuras para os mais variados produtos, que nalguns casos poderão vir a ser alvo de uma desconstrução do estereótipo de forma do objecto.
Seleccionando casos específicos de produtos, numa perspectiva histórica, é possível ver quais terão sido os factores determinantes da sua forma, que levaram à fixação dos seus arquétipos de forma. Desenvolveu-se uma metodologia de comparação, de modo a “descodificar” a função da tecnologia como determinante da forma do produto.
Pretende-se perceber qual o papel da tecnologia como modeladora da forma dos produtos, qual o papel que esta tem na sociedade de consumo, e qual a sua responsabilidade enquanto elemento primordial para a desconstrução de arquétipos de forma. Demonstra-se a influência da tecnologia na transformação dos produtos, considerando três tipos distintos de alterações provenientes da evolução da tecnologia, numa categorização tripartida, que se foca em: a alteração do produto, nos casos em que a evolução tecnológica leva a uma visível mudança da sua forma; alteração do produto, se a evolução tecnológica não se reflecte tanto na alteração da forma, mas mais na performance (desempenho) e no rendimento do produto; e, por último, alteração do produto nas situações em que a evolução tecnológica tem como resultado uma desconstrução do produto enquanto objecto.
Por fim, e após o estudo das tecnologias, estruturado metodologicamente, que os três produtos em análise utilizam, utilizaram e poderão vir a utilizar (tecnologias antevistas para o futuro), propôs-se um cenário futuro, gerando novas concepções para os respectivos produtos em estudo. Realça-se que o produto enquanto objecto físico pode desaparecer, dissolver-se no
ambiente ou na arquitectura, com o aparecimento das tecnologias emergentes e as suas novas potencialidades que vão certamente provocar alterações na forma dos produtos.
The aim of this Master’s thesis is to undertake a study about the influence of technology in the form of products that incorporate technology, using a standard methodology developed for this purpose. Examples of products and their shape changes over time are presented, attempts to understand the extent to which these changes are consequences of the developments in technology are put forward and the importance of technology as a determinant of the shape of products that incorporate technology is demonstrated. A review of the evolution of form, taking into account the technology of a selected range of consumer products that incorporate technology, with the aim of deconstructing archetypes that are fixed and propose new ideas was accomplished. In particular, a range of technologies that are foreseen for the future are considered, and these are also the subject of study in this thesis, and will allow new designs and future images for a great variety of products, which in some cases may be subject to a deconstruction of the stereotype of the object's shape. Selecting specific cases of products, from a historical perspective, one can see what have been the determinants of their shape, which led to the establishment of their archetypal form. A comparative methodology was developed, in order to "decode" the role of technology as a determinant of the shape of products. Understanding the importance of technology as a modeling influence for products’ form, what role this has in the consumer society, and what is its responsibility as a major element in the deconstruction of the archetypes of form is intended in this thesis. The influence of technology in the transformation of products is demonstrated, considering three distinct types of alterations caused by changes in technology, in a tripartite view, which focuses on: product changes, in the cases where technological change leads to a radical change of product form; product change, if technological change is not reflected so much in the change of form, but rather in the performance and the yield of the product; and, ultimately, change in the product in the event of technological change leading to a deconstruction of the product as an object. Finally, and after the study of the technologies, which was methodologically structured, and concern the technologies that the three products in analysis use, used and may come to utilize (technology that is foreseen for the future), a scenario was proposed, creating new designs for the products that have been studied. It is emphasized that the product as a physical object may disappear or may be dissolved in the environment or the architecture, with the advent of emerging technologies and their new capabilities that will certainly cause changes in the shape of products.
The aim of this Master’s thesis is to undertake a study about the influence of technology in the form of products that incorporate technology, using a standard methodology developed for this purpose. Examples of products and their shape changes over time are presented, attempts to understand the extent to which these changes are consequences of the developments in technology are put forward and the importance of technology as a determinant of the shape of products that incorporate technology is demonstrated. A review of the evolution of form, taking into account the technology of a selected range of consumer products that incorporate technology, with the aim of deconstructing archetypes that are fixed and propose new ideas was accomplished. In particular, a range of technologies that are foreseen for the future are considered, and these are also the subject of study in this thesis, and will allow new designs and future images for a great variety of products, which in some cases may be subject to a deconstruction of the stereotype of the object's shape. Selecting specific cases of products, from a historical perspective, one can see what have been the determinants of their shape, which led to the establishment of their archetypal form. A comparative methodology was developed, in order to "decode" the role of technology as a determinant of the shape of products. Understanding the importance of technology as a modeling influence for products’ form, what role this has in the consumer society, and what is its responsibility as a major element in the deconstruction of the archetypes of form is intended in this thesis. The influence of technology in the transformation of products is demonstrated, considering three distinct types of alterations caused by changes in technology, in a tripartite view, which focuses on: product changes, in the cases where technological change leads to a radical change of product form; product change, if technological change is not reflected so much in the change of form, but rather in the performance and the yield of the product; and, ultimately, change in the product in the event of technological change leading to a deconstruction of the product as an object. Finally, and after the study of the technologies, which was methodologically structured, and concern the technologies that the three products in analysis use, used and may come to utilize (technology that is foreseen for the future), a scenario was proposed, creating new designs for the products that have been studied. It is emphasized that the product as a physical object may disappear or may be dissolved in the environment or the architecture, with the advent of emerging technologies and their new capabilities that will certainly cause changes in the shape of products.
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