The Aesthetics of Design (in the land of great design)

It is well-known, that aesthetics is expected to tell what we do know or we can know about beauty, the dainty and the dumpy, the ugly, and so on. The world is replete with designs, designers, and designed things, sounds, texts, etc. So what do aestheticians find is true to say about all this? E.g., about what is designing as an activity, and how if at all does it differ from other activities and makings like art- and craft-making, production, fashioning, fabrication, manufacture? Are designed objects distinct kinds of things from those of mere things, arts and crafts? In what does the aesthetic excellence or beauty of a designed object consist? Do judgements of design excellence differ from judgements of natural beauty or art? What role does the function of designed things play in design excellence? Can one have purely aesthetic experiences of design, free from cognitive or moral or other implications?

Information on registration, accommodation and conference fees will be posted on 1 December.

Invited speakers: Prof. Jane Forsey, author of The Aesthetics of Design (Oxford University Press, 2013); Architect Howard Itzkowitz; tba…

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