Rodrigues, Isabel Maria Dâmaso, 1966-Sítima, Tiago, 1987-2012-06-182012-06-182012http://hdl.handle.net/10451/6530Tese de mestrado, Design de Equipamento, Especialidade em Estudos de Design, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas Artes, 2012When defining the relationship between the immateriality and the design as a theme of research, we tried to give substance to the study of the relationship between design and technology scene viewed from a frame of dematerialization which is part of the post-industrial context. Our approach is based on the construction of a discourse based on a territory that is defined by the coexistence of the material and immaterial worlds, a journey that culminates in the analysis of the computer technologies. In an approach that seeks the confrontation between materiality and immateriality, the discourse is developed from two types of discourses: a discourse eminently theoretical of reflection on the implications underlying the problem of the immateriality, and a complementary discourse of explanation of concrete examples designed to illustrate the application of theoretical concepts in the context of design. The passage from objects as prostheses of human action to self-regulatory systems as complex prostheses of human intelligence, define a change in the relationship between users and the technological objects. This is a context that has challenged and continues to challenge the design. Here we explore this challenge in two parts: on one hand in the design of technical objects, on the other hand, the level of a process that goes to coexist with a dematerialized world of operational mediaporKrippendorff, KlausNorman, Donald A., 1935-Design de equipamentoTecnologias da informaçãoImaterialidadeRealidade virtualSistemas computacionaismaster thesis