The Aesthetics of Imagination in Design - Couverture rigide

Folkmann, Mads Nygaard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 026201906X ISBN 13 : 9780262019064

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2013

Synopsis

A theoretically informed investigation that relates the philosophies of aesthetics and imagination to understanding design practice.

In The Aesthetics of Imagination in Design, Mads Folkmann investigates design in both material and immaterial terms. Design objects, Folkmann argues, will always be dual phenomena—material and immaterial, sensual and conceptual, actual and possible. Drawing on formal theories of aesthetics and the phenomenology of imagination, he seeks to answer fundamental questions about what design is and how it works that are often ignored in academic research.

Folkmann considers three conditions in design: the possible, the aesthetic, and the imagination. Imagination is a central formative power behind the creation and the life of design objects; aesthetics describes the sensual, conceptual, and contextual codes through which design objects communicate; the concept of the possible—the enabling of new uses, conceptions, and perceptions—lies behind imagination and aesthetics. The possible, Folkmann argues, is contained as a structure of meaning within the objects of design, which act as part of our interface with the world. Taking a largely phenomenological perspective that reflects both continental and American pragmatist approaches, Folkmann also makes use of discourses that range from practice-focused accounts of design methodology to cultural studies. Throughout, he offers concrete examples to illustrate theoretical points. Folkmann's philosophically informed account shows design—in all its manifestations, from physical products to principles of organization—to be an essential medium for the articulation and transformation of culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mads Nygaard Folkmann is Associate Professor at the Institute for Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 026201906X
• ISBN 13: 9780262019064
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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