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Aesthetics

Code 12723
Year 2
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Social and Human Sciences
Entry requirements Not applicable.
Mode of delivery Face-to-face.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes This UC aims

1. in general terms

• develop and deepen the ability to critically analyze contemporary design production, according to the reasoning and aesthetic language

• provide different ways of interpreting industrial and multimedia design, allowing for plural reflection, both on objects and on the subject of aesthetics

2. in specific terms

• analyze design objects from the multiple perspectives of critical and aesthetic analysis

• examine, understand and contextualize the contemporary producer/author of design

• develop an aesthetic position on design objects

• at the end, the student must apply aesthetic knowledge and the execution of a reason of taste to the design practice of design
Syllabus The teaching contents of the UC are divided into three topics

1) Aesthetics and Philosophy
1. Aesthetic object
2. Aesthetic experience

2) Design and Criticism
1. Nature of Criticism
2. Functions of Criticism
3. Modes of Criticism
3.1. hermeneutics
3.2. Semiotics
3.3. Phenomenology
3.4. Rhetoric

3) Design form and function
1. Mediation/Sharing
2. Politics
3. History
Main Bibliography BARTHES, Roland (2007). Crítica e Verdade, Lisboa, Edições 70.
BERGER John (2018). Modos de ver, Lisboa, Antígona.
BURDEK, B.E. (2006). História, Teoria e Prática do Design de Produtos, São Paulo, Edgard Blücher.
DUFRENNE, Mikel (1982). Fenomenología de la Experiencia Estética, vol.1. El Objeto Estético. Valencia: Artes Gráficas Soler
EAGLETON, Terry (2005). The Function of Criticism, London, Verso Books.
RANCIÈRE, Jacques (2010). Ética e política. A partilha do sensível, Dafne Editora.
ROSS, P. R., & Wensveen, S. A. G. (2010). Designing aesthetics of behavior in interaction: Using aesthetic experience as a mechanism for design. International Journal of Design, 4(2), 3-13.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2023-01-30

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