The Aesthetics of Design
ISBN: 9780199964369 | 019996436X
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/16/2013
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The Aesthetics of Designoffers the first full treatment of design in the field of philosophical aesthetics. Aesthetic theory has traditionally occupied itself with fine art in all its forms, sometimes with craft, and often with notions of beauty and sublimity in art and nature. In so doing, it has largely ignored the quotidian and familiar objects and experiences that make up our daily lives. Yet how we interact with design involves aesthetic choices and judgements as well as practical, cognitive and moral considerations. This work challenges t... MORE
Introduction
I. The Ontology of Design
1. Some Methodological Considerations
2. Intuitions about Design
3. Design and Art, Design and Craft
i. Formalism and Art as an Object
ii. Expression and Art as an Activity
4. The Definition of Design
II. Locating the Aesthetic: Beauty and Judgements of Taste
1. he Problem of Normativity
i. Realism
ii. Subjectivism
2. Aesthetic Judgement
3. The Kantian Account
i. The Faculty of Judgeme... MORE
ii. Subjective Aspects of Beauty
iii. Objective Aspects of Beauty
4. Normative Beauty
III. Design and Dependent Beauty
1. Free Beauty
2. Dependent Beauty
i. Beautiful Things
ii. Pure and Impure Judgements of Taste
3. The Appreciation of Function
4. Fine Art and Craft
5. The Beauty of Design
IV. Everyday Aesthetics and Design
1. The Critique of Aesthetics
2. The Expansion of Aesthetics
i. Saito: Activity, Pleasure, Indeterminacy
ii. Haapala: The Strange, the Familiar, and the Sense of Place
3. Design and the Everyday
Conclusion: The Significance of Design
Bibliography
Jane Forsey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg.
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