Aesthetic Explorations – Aesthetics of Design

Aesthetic Exploration: Product Design Sketches

January 23, 2019

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

Aesthetic Explorations, aesthetics, Product design, sketching

Sketching by hand is not lost in today’s digital age. The ability to sketch by hand allows designers to quickly put ideas onto paper, make changes, and flesh out concepts. Hurricane Lantern sketches by Mike Serafin Early stages of design sketching often looks like this. Many simple images on one page. Often in a side…

Aesthetic Exploration: Chiaroscuro

January 23, 2019

Brittany Callin

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

Aesthetic Explorations, Caravaggio, Chiaroscuro, Rembrandt

Chiaroscuro, in its most basic form, is a contrast of light and dark without regard of color. It is commonly used to give subjects of a painting or photograph three dimensions with light falling on the subject from a particular light source out of frame. Though this technique has existed for a long time, it…

Aesthetic Exploration 2019: Beer Tap Handles

January 23, 2019

Christopher Seighman

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

3d print, Aesthetic Explorations, beer, brewing, craft beer, homebrewing, tap handle

The aesthetic I have chosen to explore is the aesthetic of beer tap handles, and how they can range from incredibly minimalistic to functional works of art. Until the early 20th century, beer was typically served directly from the barrel, until artificial carbonation was introduced in 1936 thus beginning what we know as draught beer. …

Aesthetics Exploration: Aesthetics of Modern-Day Music

January 23, 2019

Hussam Alzahrani

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

Aesthetic Explorations, Aesthetic Explorations 2019, Music, vocals

The world of music has been constantly evolving throughout the decades, and the definition of what can be considered as music has been changing. When you first think of music, you think that it has to sound good for you to want to listen to it again. The reality of the situation is, that decision…

Running through Time

January 21, 2019

Yazen Sus

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

Aesthetic Explorations, sneakers

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Source: https://sojones.com/style-trends/sneakers/154825-the-history-of-sneakers/ Today, it would be hard to imagine a world where the category of shoes did not include sneakers of any kind. In fact, the most commonly seen type of shoe is sneakers. However, the sneaker was born not too long ago. The first ever sneakers were plimsoll shoes, made in 1930 by a…

Aesthetics Exploration: Tiny Homes

January 25, 2017

Sofi Leroux

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

Aesthetic Explorations, Aesthetics Exploration, industrial, wood

As someone who borders on the line of hoarder, I am mesmerized by the concept of tiny homes. Over the past decade, people have started to embrace the minimalistic lifestyle due to its low cost and environmental impact, as well as aesthetic appeal. Many tiny homes feature wood panelling and large windows giving them a seemingly open…

Aesthetics Exploration: Geometry as an Aesthetic

January 25, 2017

Emma Hammerton

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

Aesthetic Explorations, Aesthetic of Design, Geometry

Patterns with distinct edges and shapes have been implemented by humans for centuries to use geometry as a form of expression. Studies of Palaeolithic cave art have revealed that even the earliest humans were fascinated by geometric patterns. Some of the earliest documented artistic examples came from the Geometric Art Period (circa 900-700 B.C.) in Ancient Greece.…

Aesthetic Exploration: Aesthetics of Time

January 25, 2017

Gautham Govindarajan

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

Aesthetic Explorations, Clocks, history, Time, Watches

“Time and tide wait for no man” says the famous proverb. While humans have managed to find a way to tame the tides and make electricity out of it, we are still chasing behind time. Humanity has tried to manipulate time for a long time and has failed time and again. The concept of time…

Aesthetic Explorations: Baroque Composers

January 24, 2017

Oksana Schuppan

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

Aesthetic Explorations, Baroque Era, Music, Musical Composition

The aesthetic I have chosen to explore is that of Baroque musical composition, a period of European musicianship lasting from 1600 to 1750. Well known within this period are composers such as Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) among…

Roadkill: Cycling wall art

January 31, 2016

Andre

Student Work, Upcycle Progress, ZZ 2016

Aesthetic Explorations, bike, bikes, combination, Design Flow Chart, modern, rough, upcycling

Bikes are a wonderful component to living in Boulder, as a capstone to the great infrastructure in the community I’d like to build something to hang my bike on. Something I love most about bikes is their simple mechanical design and ability to rebuild them. I think this behavior epitomizes upcycling and not just the…

WPA Posters

January 20, 2016

Daniel Moody

Aesthetic Explorations, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Aesthetic Explorations, Poster Art, Screen Printing, Serigraphy, WPA

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48847 Art to spread awareness for syphilis? During the depression in the 1930’s, jobs were hard to come by for most everybody in the United Sates. Artists especially felt the squeeze as Americans worried more about putting food on the table than supporting the arts. As part of the New Deal, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)…

“Retro” architecture

January 15, 2016

Sreyas Krishnan

Aesthetic Explorations, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Aesthetic Explorations

In modern architecture, the retro-style appears when brand new buildings are built with the same features (brick facades, roof materials, etc.) as the older buildings that surround them. The time difference between the new and old buildings is often nearly a century. This aesthetic instills a sense of oneness/homogeneity and nostalgia to the region in which it is applied. Modern baseball stadiums…