Browsing by UP Author "Konigk, Raymund"

Browsing by UP Author "Konigk, Raymund"

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  • Architecture's 'other' : an ontological reading of the abject relationship with interior design 
    Konigk, Raymund; Bakker, Karel Anthonie (Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, 2012)
    Dialectic relationships exist between architecture and emergent architecturally informed disciplines. Interior design constitutes such a discipline and is considered a critical case study. The main problem is to investigate ...
  • Determining selection criteria for the compilation of an interior design corpus 
    Konigk, Raymund; National DEFSA Design Education Conference, (12th : 2013 : Midrand, South Africa) (Design Education Forum of Southern Africa, 2013-09)
    The paper considers culture as a collection of meanings which are produced and consumed by a given social group. Thus, the generation of meaning would be analogous to the generation of cult ...
  • The embarrassment over decoration : arguing against title change - The case of ‘interior design’ : ‘interior architecture’ 
    Konigk, Raymund; IDA Congress Education Conference, (2011 : Taipei) (International Design Alliance, 2011-10-24)
    This paper argues against the second course of title change for interior design (from ‘interior design’ to ‘interior architecture’). Heuristic reasoning based on design theory argues that interior design is an architectural ...
  • The ethics of tastemaking : towards responsible conspicuous consumption 
    Konigk, Raymund; Kahn, Zakkiya; International DEFSA Design Education Conference, (7th : 2015 : Midrand, South Africa) (Design Education Forum of Southern Africa, 2015-09)
    The systemic nature of cultural production implies that designed objects are made desirable (or acceptable) by tastemakers who endow objects with forms of social distinction. Social distinction highlights or diffuses ...
  • Interior design’s occupational closure : an ethical opportunity 
    Konigk, Raymund; International DEFSA Design Education Conference, (7th : 2015 : Midrand, South Africa) (Design Education Forum of Southern Africa, 2015-09)
    In March 2015 the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) announced its intention to register new professional categories for interior designers. This will provide statutory recognition for the ...
  • An interpretation of the role of meaning in interior design 
    Konigk, Raymund (University of Pretoria, Department of Visual Arts, 2015)
    The cultural role of the interior artefact, through the representation and interpretation of meaning, is considered in this article. This follows Umberto Eco’s moderate hypothesis of culture in which all cultural phenomena ...