Toward a Poetics of Fibre Art and Design : aesthetic and Acoustic Qualities of Hand-tufted Materials in Interior Spatial Design

Kaja Tooming's doctoral dissertation is an example of practice-based design research guided by the strategy of Productive Science and Poetics. It offers many practical insights into the aesthetic and acoustic qualities of hand-tufted fibre art and design, and it presents a philosophical reflection on the nature of emotional expressions in all art and design.