Browsing by Author "Wallenius, Ville"

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Design process of AirLoop-pedal: Experimenting with standard guitar pedals
(2014) Wallenius, Ville
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
My master’s thesis, consisting of both a written documentation and an experimental un- dertaking, is a report of the design process of AirLoop-pedal as well as a brief overview of today’s creative solutions in music. Within the scope of my thesis I investigate new creative strategies for guitar signal manipulation and standard guitar pedal controlling. AirLoop-pedal is a non-contact signal processing device for guitar that is designed to control standard guitar pedal loops through motion detection. This project is an experimental design process supported by the examples of experimental music and interface design in- troduced in subsequent chapters. The main outcome of the project is a functional prototype of AirLoop-pedal that corresponds with the requirements laid out during the design process. This work is comprised of two overarching ideas, both of which provide complementary supports to the understanding of this process. These concepts were an integral part of my thinking during the design process of AirLoop-pedal. Firstly: new technology creates new aesthetics of music, and secondly: coincidences have the ability to feed creativity. During this work I will examine creative strategies for experimental music, focusing on guitar signal processing, coincidental discoveries, experimenting with coincidences, and motion mapping and tracking with musical instruments. In the design of AirLoop-pedal I aim to utilize these main creative concepts, realizations and information gained throughout the duration of the design and building process, as well as my own experience as a musician.
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(2023) Wallenius, Ville
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
Parven portaat
(2019) Wallenius, Ville
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Bachelor's thesis
Työssäni tutkin tilatehokkaan parven portaan suunnittelun elementtejä. Tavoitteenani on löytää toimivia ratkaisumalleja parven portaan muotoilulle ja mitoitukselle. Työni edetessä yritän löytää vastauksia tutkimuskysymykseen, millainen on toimiva ja tilatehokas parven porras. Aihe rajautuu sisäportaan mitoituksen poikkeustapaukseen, parven portaaseen, joka mahdollistaa normaalia sisäporrasta tiiviimmän mitoituksen ja antaa suunnittelijalle enemmän variaatiomahdollisuuksia. Työni lopun esimerkkikohteet keskittyvät pienasumisen hieman harvinaisempiin tapauksiin: 15,5 m2:n miniasuntoihin sekä 50 m2:n uusloft-koteihin. Työni tutkimusmenetelmät ovat kirjallisuustutkimus ja tämän tiedon soveltaminen analysoide sani pienasuntojen esimerkkejä. Portaiden suhdetta tilatehokkuuteen käsitellään esimerkein keskittyen portaiden vaatimaan tilaan lattiapinta-alasta ja portaiden geometriaan Työni alussa esittelen parven portaan suunnitteluun liittyviä määritelmiä ja lähtökohtia sivuten pienasumisen tarpeita. Seuraavaksi käsittelen parven portaan suunnittelun turvallisuuden, käytännöllisyyden ja tilatehokkaan mitoituksen suhdetta. Työni edetessä käyn läpi myös parven portaan eri ratkaisumallit esimerkein ja pyrin avaamaan esimerkkitilanteiden syitä, etuja ja mahdollisia kehittämismalleja. Lopuksi vertailen esimerkkien avuin parven portaiden toteutettuja ratkaisumalleja pienasunnoissa keskittyen portaiden mitoitukseen ja käytettävyyteen.