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Item Restricted From trash to treasure : using chewing gum as a medium in jewellery design(2020) Guðmundsdóttir, Margrét Unnur; Hillmann-Regett, Jan; Tibus, Alexander; bachelor thesis in Product Design"Chewing gum is a product almost everyone, no matter their age, status, or class, is familiar with. Studies have shown that humans have been chewing natural pulp, similar to chewing gum, for about 9000 years. Therefore, a long history comes from many different communities. However, in the second half of the 20th century, natural chewing gum from pulp was replaced almost entirely by synthetic plastic gum base, creating environmental problems, as plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose. In a study from 2015, chewing gum is the second most common litter after cigarette buds. Chewing gum is a product that is consumed for a very short period, compared to its long-lasting future life. This essay discusses, among other things, chewing gum's history, material, possible further usage, conceptual art, and jewellery. The thesis' literature review will combine anthropologist Mary Douglas's ideas in the book Purity and Danger, philosopher Pravu Mazumdar's theories on jewellery and identity, and Sara Ahmed's theory 'The uses of use'. Julia Kristeva's theory about the 'Abject', presented in her book 'Powers of Horror', is also used, and last but not least, is the theoretical base in Friedrich Schiller's art philosophy about the importance of aesthetic upbringing which he explains in 'Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen'. In researching this thesis, qualitative data will be collected in the form of three deep interviews. Obviously, chewing gum has its place in modern culture, it is mass-produced, and people generally buy it. However, in this study, its role in our society is questioned. Is it possible to expand its material further? The argument is political, ecological, and social. Here, the importance and usage of chewing gum is questioned entirely, and how one can apply recycling ideology in relation to artistic strategies through an experimental design process. The paper aims to answer this main question: is it possible to take something that is generally considered disgusting waste and transform it in a way that makes it beautiful and desirable?"Item Restricted How Soviet textile design affects contemporary Georgian fashion(2021) Matchavariani, Nitsa; bachelor thesis in Graphic Design and Visual CommunicationGraphic designers learn things that they can easily translate into textile design, like how to illustrate and how to make patterns. Doing textile design can give graphic designers new challenges, as they have to think about the fabric and the clothing during their design process. It can also give them new opportunities to be more creative and abstract, since graphic design is more strict with its rules and standards, and the textile design world gives designers more freedom than a regular client-based assignment (Huval 2018). The relevance of textile design goes beyond fashion and cultural impact, rather it can be (and often is) used as a social and political tool. In this thesis, we are going to discuss Soviet textile design, more specifically what effect it had on Georgian fashion history and how it still influences fashion designers today