Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable Usage

ISBN-13: 9781138728615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Kristine H. Harper

Opis

Why do we　readily　dispose of some things,　whereas　we keep and maintain others　for years, despite their obvious wear and tear? Can a greater understanding of aesthetic value lead to a more strategic and sustainable approach to product design? Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable Usage　offers guidelines for ways to reduce, rethink,　and reform consumption. Its focus on aesthetics adds a new dimension to the creation, as well as the consumption, of sustainable products. The chapters offer innovative ways of working with expressional durability　in the design process. Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable Usage　is related to emotional durability in the sense that the focus is on the psychological and sensuous bond between subject and object. But the subject-object connection is based on more than emotions: aesthetically sustainable objects continuously add nourishment to human life. This book explores the difference between sentimental value and aesthetic value, and it offers suggestions for operational approaches that can be implemented in the design process to increase aesthetic sustainability. This book also offers a thorough presentation of aesthetics, focusing on the correlation between the philosophical approach to the aesthetic experience and the durable design experience. The book　is of interest to　students and scholars working in　the fields of　design, arts, the humanities and social sciences;　additionally,　it will　speak　to designers and other professionals with an interest in sustainability and aesthetic value.

Spis treści

Introduction: Aesthetic Sustainability  1. The Pleasure of the Familiar  2. The Pleasure of the Unfamiliar  3. The Expression of Flexible Aesthetics  4. Designing the Temporal Object 5. The Magical Thing  6. The Value of Aesthetic Sustainability  7. Aesthetic Strategy

O autorze

Kristine H. Harper is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Fashion at Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. Her research focuses on sustainable product design, philosophical aesthetics, aesthetic nourishment, the durable subject–object bond, and Designer Social Responsibility. She has written a wide range of articles on sustainable design and durable aesthetics.