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IDENTIFYING AESTHETICS IN DESIGN PRODUCTS – THE 3X3 MODEL
Vestergaard, Nanna; Eriksen, Kaare
Type:
Year:
2016
Editor:
Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, Lyndon Buck, Christian Tollestrup, Kaare Eriksen, Nis Ovesen
Author:
Series:
E&PDE
Institution:
1Krabbesholm Hřjskole, Denmark, 2Aalborg University, Denmark
Section:
Form and Aesthetics in Collaborative Design
Page(s):
322-327
ISBN:
978-1-904670-62-9
Abstract:
This paper presents a model to survey and identify aesthetic parameters in design products. In an
expanding field of abilities and knowledge of the design student, aesthetics, - being one of the
fundamental, yet “soft” qualities, specific to design -, may have a hard time finding its space
competing with more quantitatively oriented topics. When designers or design students work within a
multidisciplinary setting, these “soft” qualities tend not to argue their case very strongly. The objective
of this paper is, hence, to look at how to understand and apply a descriptive approach to aesthetics in
learning environments and to use a model to present and discuss actual aesthetic content of existing
products as well as initiate programming of the aesthetic content for new products
expanding field of abilities and knowledge of the design student, aesthetics, - being one of the
fundamental, yet “soft” qualities, specific to design -, may have a hard time finding its space
competing with more quantitatively oriented topics. When designers or design students work within a
multidisciplinary setting, these “soft” qualities tend not to argue their case very strongly. The objective
of this paper is, hence, to look at how to understand and apply a descriptive approach to aesthetics in
learning environments and to use a model to present and discuss actual aesthetic content of existing
products as well as initiate programming of the aesthetic content for new products
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