POV #4 / Aesthetics and the Work of Art

in memory of Arthur Danto

January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013

Aesthetics and the Work of Art

by Arthur Danto

pg. 150-153

From our course book

Design Studies: A Reader

Section Three: Theorizing Design and Visuality

3.1 Aesthetics

#20

POV #3 / Form Follows Failure

Chapter 2: “Form Follows Failure”

by Henry Petroski

pgs 23-33

From: The Evolution of Useful Things

Chapter 4: “Authors of Experience”

& Chapter 5: “Sustaining Narrative”

by Jonathan Chapman

From: Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences & Empathy

Discussion Leaders: Maddy Belval & Natalie Cregar

“Para-Functionality: The Aesthetics of Use”

by Anthony Dunne

From: Hertzian Tales by Anthony Dunne

Discussion Leaders: Mica Russo & Etienne Bean