
Design Aesthetics
Theoretical Basics and Studies in Implication
Mads Nygaard Folkmann(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 19. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-262-54631-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Presents and discusses aesthetics as a theory of how design frames and conditions human experience"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
51 Black and White Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54631-7 (9780262546317)
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Mads Nygaard Folkmann is Professor of Design Studies at the Department of Media, Design, Education and Cognition, University of Southern Denmark. He is author of The Aesthetics of Imagination in Design (MIT Press) and Designkultur: Teoretiske perspektiver på design.
Content
Preface ix
Introduction 1
I Theory
1 Aesthetics 23
2 Aesthetics and Design
3 Design Aesthetics: A Framework 57
4 Aesthetic Experience in Design 109
II Implications
5 Negotiating Aesthetics in Design Practice 151
6 The Post-Material Aesthetics of Digital Objects 199
7 Aestheticizing Perception of Design 243
Coda: Too Much Aesthetics? 287
Glossary: A Quick Guide to Design Aesthetics 295
Notes 301
References 331
Index 357
Introduction 1
I Theory
1 Aesthetics 23
2 Aesthetics and Design
3 Design Aesthetics: A Framework 57
4 Aesthetic Experience in Design 109
II Implications
5 Negotiating Aesthetics in Design Practice 151
6 The Post-Material Aesthetics of Digital Objects 199
7 Aestheticizing Perception of Design 243
Coda: Too Much Aesthetics? 287
Glossary: A Quick Guide to Design Aesthetics 295
Notes 301
References 331
Index 357