Browsing by Author "Vakkilainen, Anni"

The newest Curriculum for Basic education (POPS 2014) emphasizes the role of the whole craftprocess. The whole craftprocess includes significantly design, which is a multiphased and challenging prosess itself. Especially the start of the designprocess is often seen as challenging. Wide understanding of designprocess contributes designing and teaching of designing in schools. It is also important to search for multiple means to support designing, so that the hands-on learning and teaching would succeed as good as possible. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of music to ideation and inspiration in craftdesign. The impact of music can be understood and used in hands-on designwork correctly by defining the link between the impact of music and craftdesign. The theoretical part took shape in definitioning craftdesign and its phenomenons, ideation and inspiration and also opening the defition of the impact of music. The method of this study was descriptive literature review and its purpose was to combine an encompassing description of the topic. Research material consists of master thesis`s, university of applied sciences thesis and specialists researchreport, all dealing of music and crafts. Material consists of five national research altogether. Central findings concerning the researchtask were picked up from the collected material and analyzed by comparing with the theoretical part. This literature review showed that the connection between the impact of music and craftdesign goes through emotions and mental images to ideation and inspiration. Music impacts in peoples emotions, arouses mental images and enriches our imagination. In turn, in inspiration and ideation phases of craftdesign can emotions and mental images be seen as significant. This conclusion can be seen as defining the connection between the impact of music and craftdesign. Understanding and the define of this link increases the possibilities to use the impact of music to contribute learning and teaching craftdesign in schools.