Aesthetic Analysis

Frame of reference on aesthetic is different from ones’ eye to another. In this article, the author, Mads Nygaard Folkmann, try to define his own perceptions towards the word Aesthetic by having the comparison between two philosophers, Merleau-Ponty and Gernot Bohme, and the different approach on aesthetic like Panton and Campbell.

The author believes that aesthetic relates to design is by the function that it provides rather than how pleasing the item looks like. He argues that traditional art is more into individualism in a way that when an artist paint his own framework, the artwork can only be appreciate by himself and his own emotion. As for modern design, the author argues that modern design should focus more on serving the purpose

It was also mentioned the use of different material, material compatibility, can affect how people experience a space. Peter Zumthor then explained on how different material affects the space in a different way, example, sound, temperature and tension in the space. In addition to it, although the author used Verner Panton as an example, he did not fully explain how different elements affects the different sense which lead to the different outcome of a how people experience a space. However, in Juhani Pallasmaa’s The Eye of the Skin, in one of his chapter “Multi-Sensory Experience” he touches on each sense explaining how each of them is linked and how does it relate back to

In Campbell’s design it is the subtle idea from her experiment of form, making it more conceptual as the aesthetic came from the experimentation and not the form itself. The author is trying to gives another perspective of understanding aesthetic, as he starts to look at a new form of aesthetic which is not on the sensory point but the aesthetic of the idea itself and the idea behind it. An example of form follows function design is Philippe Starck’s Juicy Salif, a lemon squeezer. Philippe Starck likes to use interesting or unusual combinations of materials such as glass with stone, plastic with aluminium, velvet fabric with chrome. This show us that the success of products doesn’t necessary need to achieve an obvious