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

Submission deadline: December 1, 2013

Conference date(s):
May 16, 2014 - May 18, 2014

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Conference Venue:

Wassard Elea
Ascea, Italy

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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?

Wassard Elea (wassardelea.blogspot.com) invites philosophers, design critics and theorists, and design practitioners to submit papers on any area of design aesthetics for this conference. Sessions of 90 minutes include speaker, commentator, and discussion (40/20/30). Participants whose papers are accepted will be expected to also provide commentary on another presentation during the conference. All suitable contributions are published either simultaneously or subsequently in Wassard Elea Rivista.

Full papers (in English, prepared for blind review) are to be submitted to Professor Lars Aagaard-Mogensen, Via La Chiazzetta 27, I-84046 Ascea (Sa), Italy. Emailed submissions welcome to: [email protected] 

Deadline for submissions: December 01, 2013.

Information on registration, accommodation and conference fees will be posted on that date.

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

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