Aesthetics in Physical Context
Emnenavn på Norwegian Bokmål:
Aesthetics in Physical Context
Credits:
6
Course code:
70 404
Level of study:
Master
Teaching semester:
2017 Spring
Language of instruction:
Norwegian / English
Person in charge
Nina Bjørnstad
Required prerequisite knowledge
Passed foundation level courses or the equivalent: basic design education three years corresponding to BA. The course is open to students from all design specializations with completed basic course in the workshops at AHO. Material costs must be expected.
Course content
The aim of the course is to give students the opportunity to explore and reflect on applied aesthetics in physical form, from both a practical and theoretical side. The course has a close cooperation with the workshops where students will explore physical form as well as materials, surfaces, formats etc. They will also reflect on and discuss the various topics and their own physical explorations.
The topics are for example: How material gives a response during exploration? Haptic perception. Surface, pattern, texture and blind testing of design objects. Context – the relevance of what context the objects are created for.
Learning outcome
• Strengthened design skills through practicing creative processes in physical materials.
• Exploring aesthetic effects
• Gain experience through practice and train their critical eye.
• Explain and argue for their aesthetic choices.
• Knowledge of the hierarchy of the senses and haptic experience.
• Knowledge of what the process contributes to the result, experience with material-specific processes and the aspect of time.
• Knowledge of various types of experiments and intentions with these.
• The course various themes are central to design and the students shall be able to apply knowledge from this course in their later projects.
Working and learning activities
The course will be organized around different themes and students will carry out practical investigations within each of the themes. Each theme will last for two days of the course. There will be a lecture / introduction to each topic given by various specialists, time for independent study, reflection and practical examinations. Each topic will end in the afternoon on day two with presentations, reflections and discussions around the topic. In elective week, students choose a theme from the course and immerse themselves in this through experiments in several iterations. The course concludes with an exhibition.
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