Design Aesthetics by Mads Nygaard Folkmann

Design Aesthetics by Mads Nygaard Folkmann

An original exploration of the role of aesthetics in contemporary design, uniquely combining philosophical aesthetics and cultural analysis of design.

As a product of human ingenuity, design functions as an artificial interface through which we meet the world. While the ubiquity of design seems to render it imperceptible, when we truly reflect on design, we see that it is inextricably entwined with our experience of the world. In Design Aesthetics, Mads Nygaard Folkmann provides an engaging introduction to the field of design aesthetics and its role as a concept. Engaging with sensual, conceptual, and contextual considerations of design aesthetics, this book investigates design experience in tandem with design practice, objects, and perception.

Part one of Design Aesthetics lays the theoretical foundation by differentiating between sensual, conceptual, and contextual dimensions of design aesthetics and clarifying what "aesthetic experience" means in relation to design. The second part of the book consists of studies in implications of design aesthetics for design practice, design objects with embedded technology, and the construction of perception of aesthetic qualities in objects. In its focus on design aesthetics, the book is intended for everyone working with design-design students, designer researchers, and designers-as well as students and researchers in aesthetics in general.

Folkmann, Mads Nygaard: - Mads Nygaard Folkmann is Associate Professor of Design Theory, Culture and History at the University of Southern Denmark.

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ISBN 13	9780262546317
ISBN 10	0262546310
Title	Design Aesthetics
Author	Mads Nygaard Folkmann
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2023-09-19
Number of pages	384
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