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The Aesthetics of
Design
(in the land of great
design)
May 16-18, 2014
Ascea, Italy
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, producing, fashioning, fabricating, manufacturing? Are
designed objects distinct kinds of things from those of mere things,
goods, 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 international conference (or intensive
symposium, if you like). 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.
Inquiries and
proposals are welcome. 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,
word format, welcome to: wassard@tiscali.it
Deadline: Slots are
limited, 4-5 remains for position papers.
Information on
registration, accommodation and conference fee will be posted on
proper date.
Invited & confirmed
keynote: Prof. Jane Forsey (Winnipeg University), author of The
Aesthetics of Design (Oxford University Press, 2013): “Can
Design Speak?”
Prof. Thorsten
Botz-Bornstein (Gulf University): “H-Sang Seung: Design is not
Design”
Prof.
Mads Nygaard Folkmann (Syddansk
Universitet): ”tb c&a.”
Soirée hosted by Bill
Paolini.
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