5IFTH: Class of 2018 Masters Thesis Books

Prosumerism encapsulates a year's worth of research. It illustrates my design offering and process. While it is not a scholarly dissertation, it does detail the journey the author took from the very beginning of this undertaking-from conceiving her thesis, thoroughly researching the topic, and finally, writing and printing the book.

Sowmya Iyer, Prosumerism: Crafting Alternate Consumption Experiences [Book Link]

Thesis book presented by Manako Tamura for the partial fulfillment for the degree of MFA in Products of Design at School of Visual Arts.

Manako Tamura, Hacking the Racial Binary: Design Provocations for Identity and Shame [Book Link]

Intentional Community and Responsible Autonomy in the New Motor Age

Lassor Abraham Feasley, You Are on the Fastest Route: Intentional Community and Responsible Autonomy [Book Link]

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Jiani Lin, Yes, Maybe Not: A Design Investigation into Young Adulthood [Book Link]

Teng wrote his thesis book based on his work and all his gaming experiences, the reason he choose the topic around gaming is because he found there are too many people have misunderstanding about gaming, and there are reasons for that, and also playing games is very distracting for many people, so Teng decided to work on showing the good side of gaming and try to change the negative cultural norm about gaming and change the gamers who lose control.

Teng Yu, Respawn: Activating The Bedroom Generation by Gamifying Public Spaces [Book Link]

Juho's thesis explores design interventions for socially-isolated Korean men who have contemplated or are experiencing suicidal feelings. Through a series of design projects -including product design, experience design, and interaction design-Juho creates a medium for people to open up about their thoughts and feelings and to reach out to others by encouraging subtle interactions or creating conversations in their daily lives.

Juho Lee, Cast Away: Designs for Socially Isolated Korean Men Contemplating Suicide [Book Link]

The historical mindset towards people with physical disabilities has been one of pity and exclusion. While the notion of pity and exclusion is looked down upon in liberal societies, an understanding of what constitutes the objectification of people with disabilities as well as a greater effort towards inclusion is still not wide-spread.

Smruti Adya, UPGRADE: Designing for Access and Acceptability around Limb Loss and Limb Difference [Book Link]

Discover the next generation of anonymous social networking products, as well as the youth trend in social networking. In the past few years, anonymous social networking apps seemed to be cursed. Most of them had a rapid growth at the beginning, while no one had a healthy and continuous growth path.

Jingting He, A Mask That Reveals: Exploration and Expression Through Anonymity [Book Link]

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Louis Elwood Leach, Invisible Possessions: Reclaiming Our Relationship With Products in an Augmented Age [Book Link]

While artificial intelligence may not become maliciously sentient and conquer mankind any time soon, it already has the power to change the world: Already, 50% of current work activities could be automated using existing machine learning-powered technology like image recognition and natural language processing. Me, Myself & A.I.

Will Crum, Me, Myself and A.I.: How I Learned to Love the Machine That Took my Job [Book Link]

GENTLEmen is a master's thesis that explores gender identity, masculinity, stereotyping, parenting, education, and male culture. Specifically, Andrew has been investigating the restrictive nature placed on men to conform to a masculine ideal that can be destructive to themselves and to those around them.

Andrew Schlesinger, GENTLEmen: Challenging Adults to Raise Feminine Boys [Book Link]

Increasing Conservation Through Impact Reframing- an MFA thesis book by Christopher C. Rand.

Christopher C. Rand, LOOPWHOLE: Increasing Conservation Through Impact Reframing [Book Link]