The brand enhancement policies of fashion, luxury and design firms play their part in establishing the identity of global cities. This article analyses the brand enhancement policies with the best impact on the territory (store management and events management), adopted by successful global companies (Gucci, Hermès, Kartell and Artemide) in the city of Milan, the fashion and design capital. Fro...

Why a display should be physical in the first place? Immaterial mid-air displays are more suitable for many situations than impenetrable monitors or display walls. Interactive mid-air projection screens in various sizes are becoming feasible alternatives for displaying information and interacting with it. We have created a Kinect-based interactive and virtual reality system for the FogScreen. W...

The conventional Gibbs energy minimization methods apply elemental amounts of system components as conservation constraints in the form of a stoichiometric conservation matrix. The linear constraints designate the limitations set on the components described by the system constituents. The equilibrium chemical potentials of the constituents are obtained as a linear combination of the component-s...

This article aims to analyze the social impact of Koperasi Kasih Indonesia (KKI) as a microfinance institution (MFI) in terms benefits received by its members and how measure them. Conventionally parameters range expansion (outreach) disbursing microcredit are widely used MFIs. The more extensive reach also indicates potential that can be obtained Therefore, if it is separate from mission, targ...

The design discipline has traditionally focused on products’ physical aspects, giving for granted that the context of services, infrastructures and technology will support the product life. A systemic perspective would revise such a focus, in order to project design competences over systemic aspects usually neglected by designers. This perspective shift is a challenge for designers, who have ve...

Under detailed settings, tourism can add to the material and immaterial values of use biodiversity, such as non-timber forest products (NTFPs) collected by traditional communities, towards sustainability in rural landscapes. A critical aspect is effectively assess where implement modalities that enhance NTFP extractivism reduce emphasis on quantities extracted (yields). Here, we map community-b...