Chuck
I agree - and a reception aesthetics model is of more use to a designer than a rule-based approach.
Of course, designers are attracted to a substance/accident understanding of objects - but people who buy objects can still find a black bottle of milk to be weird.
We might like to break down production in terms of base materials that have extras added, but consumption tends to be total.
cheers
keith russell
OZ newcastle
>>> Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]> 1/27/2009 12:17 pm >>>
On Jan 26, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Terence Love wrote:
> Regardless, developing the 'rules' for design is the primary focus
> and at
> the end of the day its focus is object properties (because object
> properties are prior to experiences
Terry,
You must, on reflection, admit that the perception of object
properties actually depends on experience! They exist in the mind of
an individual through their experience prior to and with the
properties of an object of attention. Rule making is tough in the
world of design because "rules of design" must deal with the situated
interaction of individual experience with the properties of objects. A
"rule" can be transmuted by a design that causes a new interpretation
of object properties. Or so I believe.
Chuck
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