In my master's thesis I research the topic of revitalising public spaces using artistic interventions. In this way, I want to highlight the potential of public art and design for revitalising cities and connecting people. In the theoretical part, I first define what public space is and explain the process of revitalising spaces. Then I focus on the role of design as a tool for revitalising public spaces and describe the role of public art or artistic interventions. The main underlying thread of the research is also a comparison between the theoretical and practical treatment of the topic in Slovenia and the United Kingdom, as I learned about their arrangement in detail while living in both the countries.
Specifically, I focus on the comparison of three cities - London, Ljubljana and Domžale - which marked my understanding and experience of public spaces, art and design, and consequently had a significant impact on my professional development as a visual communications designer. I illustrate the practical treatment of the topic in more detail with examples from all the three cities, which at the same time contributed to the formation of the practical part of the master's thesis. For the latter I carried out a temporary artistic intervention called the »Living Room« on the city square in front of the Vele department store in Domžale, which is one of the city's main public spaces, in order to revive an empty and deliberately unfriendly designed space. The concept, work process and realisation of the intervention are described in detail in the practical part of the master's thesis.
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