Aesthetics and design : the value of everyday living / Jeffrey Petts.

By:

Petts, Jeffrey [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bloomsbury aesthetics (Bloomsbury (Firm))Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY ; Dublin, Ireland : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781350213036
1350213039
9781350213029
1350213020

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

744.01 23

LOC classification:

NK 1505 P48 2024

Contents:

Part I : Design and philosophy. Design from philosophical perspectives -- Aesthetic functionalism about design -- Design and aesthetics of the everyday -- Part II : Design work. The personal experience of designed things -- The beauty of life: design and everyday living -- Designing communities and the good life -- Conclusion

Summary: "What designers do and how we all, as users of designed things, live with their products raises fundamental philosophical questions about how we should live, and how the nature of design work and good design relates to our lives. Jeffrey Petts presents a holistic and pragmatist approach to the philosophy of design. Acknowledging the importance of function in design without downplaying the aesthetic dimension, Petts relates the manner of evaluating design to the designing process itself as demonstrated in the work of, for example, William Morris, Walter Gropius and Bauhaus, Charles and Ray Eames, and Dieter Rams. This metacritical and everyday approach to the philosophy of design expresses a commitment to real aesthetics, connecting concrete issues in both practice and experience to philosophical ideas, and reveals the role aesthetics plays in considerations about the good life." -- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	General Circulation Section-GF	NK 1505 P48 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00034152

Petts, J. (2024). Aesthetics and design: The value of everyday living (1st ed.). Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-218) and index.

"What designers do and how we all, as users of designed things, live with their products raises fundamental philosophical questions about how we should live, and how the nature of design work and good design relates to our lives. Jeffrey Petts presents a holistic and pragmatist approach to the philosophy of design. Acknowledging the importance of function in design without downplaying the aesthetic dimension, Petts relates the manner of evaluating design to the designing process itself as demonstrated in the work of, for example, William Morris, Walter Gropius and Bauhaus, Charles and Ray Eames, and Dieter Rams. This metacritical and everyday approach to the philosophy of design expresses a commitment to real aesthetics, connecting concrete issues in both practice and experience to philosophical ideas, and reveals the role aesthetics plays in considerations about the good life." -- Provided by publisher

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