Category: Aesthetics and Design

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Bridging the East-West Divide: Unraveling Convergent Aesthetic Values Between China and Europe in Design and Art Through Expert Perspectives

This research investigates the aesthetic commonalities between the East and West in art and design. It discloses fundamental similarities by employing expert interviews and thematic analysis with blue-and-white porcelain (BWP) as an exemplar. The findings reveal that, notwithstanding historical disparities, both traditions share values in aesthetic philosophy, symbolic representation, and form-function integration, with BWP serving

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Redefining Art Spaces: Interactive Features in Digital Art Exhibitions

Art exhibitions held in digital spaces not only function as an alternative when art exhibitions cannot be held in physical spaces. Exhibitions in digital spaces offer a high level of accessibility and affordability, thus having great potential to connect individuals from different parts of the world. Digital platform art exhibitions provide artists and their creations

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Collaborative Hospitality Design Study Linking Academia and Industry: Understanding the Shifts in Guests’ Preferences for Innovative Design Models

The hospitality sector is facing considerable transformation leading to changes in guests’ needs. According to studies, innovative design solutions are in demand for distinctive experiences. This investigation identifies current hospitality guests’ expectations for advanced design responses. Several data validate the research including the results of the Hospitality Design Challenge incorporated in a design course at

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Aesthetics and Sustainability in Textile Design

Since the publication of the Brundtland Report in 1987, which defines sustainability as the capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, sustainable development has increasingly focused on achieving a balance between the human environment and nature. Sustainable design plays a critical role

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New Ways of Living the Domestic Environment: An Analysis of Flexible Design With the Proposal of an Experimental Case Study

The 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, which explored constructed and domestic environments, marked a pivotal shift in the design vision, influenced by political, and cultural debates, and evolving social living of the time. This reflection focused on the relationship between humans and objects, a milestone of Italian design masters’ philosophy. Following this heritage,

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The Design and Development of Symbol for Tourism Promotion via Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link

This research on the design and development of a symbol for tourism promotion via the Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link is a research and development (R&D) methodology and aims to study the identity development of each station area, and to design and develop symbols to promote tourism. The method used was in-depth interviews, with the population

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Reimagining the Classics: Ink Art Meets AI Innovation

The convergence of Ink painting and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has opened up new avenues for creative expression, pushing the boundaries of traditional art forms. This study explores the experiences of AI and Chinese art, examining the potential of AI-driven visual design in transforming the classic aesthetic of Ink art. A case study is presented, featuring

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The Language of Desire: Decoding the Aesthetic Experience Through Art Festival’s Promotional Materials on Xiaohongshu

Over the past decade, art festivals have become a popular tool for spatial regeneration and cultural innovation. By transforming familiar spaces into new and unknown places, art festivals create a creative atmosphere and give new meaning to day-to-day life. In the pre-exposure stage of event design, promotional materials embody the organisers’ creativity and provide room

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“Warming Rock” of Japanese Cuisine

In contemporary Japanese, the word “kaiseki” is written with characters for “gathering” (KAI/AU) and “seat, occasion, place” (SEKI) and commonly refers to an exquisite Japanese banquet cuisine. Kaiseki is characterized by its delicious, refined, seasonal, local, and expensive nature. A kaiseki meal typically consists of a succession of about a dozen courses, masterfully prepared from

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Exploring the Morphological Aesthetics of Sound: Insights From Cymatics and Sandboxes

The Sandbox Game has been extensively explored in pediatrics and psychiatry, highlighting tactile and sensory engagement’s mental and emotional benefits—mainly through interaction with sand. Such engagement fosters self-awareness, stress reduction, and overall emotional well-being while promoting a deeper connection to the present (Knudsen, 2023; Malonai, 2023). The multisensory stimulation provided by sand—combined with sound-based tools

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An Exploratory Study to Reconcile Urdu Language and Contemporary Logo Design

This study explores the integration of traditional Urdu script with contemporary logo design principles to create a cross-cultural visual style that retains cultural authenticity while appealing to global audiences. Urdu script, known for its fluidity and unique ligature-based system, is prominent in South Asia, especially in Pakistan and India. Yet, much of the graphic design

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A Computer Aided Generative System for Polish Traditional Tilings Design

Decorative tilework, known also as tile art, dates back thousands of years. Different types of tiles decorate the world’s oldest temples and mausoleums with precise details and eye-catching colors. They are clearly distinctive from mosaic art, which is based on the use of a huge amount of, usually small, irregular elements. In the case of

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Exploring the Influences of Colour Scheme on User Response Time in Virtual Reality Games

In recent years, with the rapid development of the virtual reality (VR) industry, the number of VR game- users is increasing. Colour is an integral part of visual presentation in VR games. Research on the influence of colour schemes on user response time was conducted on LCD screens, websites, and smartphones. There are differences between

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Beyond CAVEs and Domes: Creating Accessible Multi-User Virtual Installations for Immersive Learning

New opportunities for immersive learning on campuses with high fidelity installations like CAVEs and domes have been made possible by the development of various technologies like virtual reality, motion capture, projection mapping, and more. These high fidelity installations have been created by commercial companies, primarily for marketing, exhibitions, and events. However, there is still a

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Combating Labor Trafficking With Design: Utilizing Storytelling, Collaboration, and Cultural Relevance to Raise Awareness

This paper discusses a collaboration among a non-profit organization, designers, and artists to create a labor trafficking awareness campaign. The project’s purpose was to explore a new and effective approach to human trafficking awareness campaigns. By prioritizing empathy and information over stereotyping, sensationalism, and over-simplification—the campaign aimed to convey the complexity of labor trafficking, provide

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Resilient Design of Public Space in Older Communities of Shanghai

Sustainable Cities and Communities have been identified as a future international urban development objective by the United Nations Centre for Sustainable Development (UNCSD). And as an integral component of urban development, community resilience is one of the most important indicators of a city’s sustainable development level. Shanghai saw an outbreak and rapid spread of the

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Quickly Interactive Healing Installations Nurture Resilient Communities After the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven the globe into a physical and psychological public health catastrophe. In this “protracted battle” against the entire human immune system and the operating structures of society, many citizens have been forced to carry a substantial psychological burden. Worse still, the majority of mental disorder residents are unwilling to seek psychological

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Seeing the Invisible: Applying Discourse Analysis to the Introduction of Senno Kuden

Senno Kuden (16th century) historically presents the most influential definition of ikebana, which includes both ontological and epistemological concerns in representation. Although the former contributed to the development of the common definition of ikebana as a symbolic representation of nature or the universe, the latter has been largely ignored. This study points out that the

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Pathetic Beauty: Meaning and Connectedness in Everyday Aesthetics

The anxieties and social isolation of modern life stem from an over-emphasis on competitive meritocracy and consumerism. The aim of the current paper is to present a perspective on how resilience to contemporary malaise can be developed through an appreciation of the Japanese aesthetic categorization of mono no aware. This is a form of pathetic

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Value Co-creation in the Multidisciplinary Sharing Between Design and Science: The Case of a Portuguese Cutlery Industry

This article presents the first impressions of the research project on international cooperation between Universities and a Portuguese cutlery industry that, based on Emotional Design and Cognitive Science, aims to create bonds with its customers and distributors. In times of social isolation, the habit of set the table to share family moments enabled a way

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A Different Kind of Beauty: Wabi and Kintsugi

Symmetry and geometrical perfection are seldom seen in the natural world. The aesthetic concept of Wabi draws attention to the state of things “as they are” and appreciation of this natural state. It calls for the shift in one’s mindset and highlights a different, perhaps, less conventional kind of beauty. This beauty has a lasting

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The Voices and Faces of a Community

Dallas has been one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. Yet, how do average people feel about living in the city? What are untold stories beyond gleaming office towers? To uncover and present these stories, I took part in a collaborative project “Faces of Dallas”, a multi-medium choir concert featured in the 2019