Wylant, BarryJamal, Khalil2017-12-182017-12-182007http://hdl.handle.net/1880/103831Bibliography: p. 109-117Contains numerous blank pages.Missing signature page.It is my contention that dining, when enframed by social and cultural values, is an aesthetic experience. However, an emerging trend to embracing informality and convenience has degraded pleasure and the distinct experiential nature from eating. Such attitudes have given regard to meals as basic and interchangeable goods and this commoditization has marginalized the pleasure derived from dining experiences. TI1e topic of food, experience and design is an indeterminate one. Designed responses to the topic of eating, a necessity and universally familiar experience, will exist within a plurality of alternative views. The tension for design interventions here are then the designer's own conception of the problem topic. Through the use of design as a device for commentary and enquiry to engender reflection, designer ethos can be voiced and applied in the creation of fictional products that: question, subvert and challenge features of the dining experience we have grown anaesthetized to.117 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.master thesis10.11575/PRISM/2830