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Book SynopsisDesign permeates every dimension of our lifeworld, from the products we consume and the built environments in which we live to the adorned and stylized beings that we are and the natural preserves where we seek relief from the stressful bustle of urban life. Design is where contrasting values of functionality and aesthetic pleasure converge. At the core of design is the human soma, an active, perceptive subjectivity that creates and evaluates design but is also its cultivated product. This collection of ten essays explores the somaesthetics of design in multiple fields: from ritual, craft, and healthcare to architecture, urbanism, and the new media of extended realities.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Somaesthetics and Design Culture Richard Shusterman and Bálint Veres Part 1 Studies on Limitations 1 A World Is Born: Craftsmanship, Mediality, and the Somatic Implications of Plato’s Timaeus Bálint Veres 2 From Making to Lighting a Candle: On Functions, Meanings, and Bodies in Ritual Design Mădălina Diaconu 3 Can That Be Taught? Lessons in Embodied Knowledge from Memoir Writing for Craft and Design Education Jessica Hemmings 4 Soma and Symbol: The Bridging Function of Style in Design History and Culture Steven Leuthold Part 2 Bodies, Senses, and Power 5 Sensing Kalasatama: Design Culture and Neoliberal Bodyhood Guy Julier 6 Bodies Under the Weather: Selective Permeability, Political Affordances, and Architectural Hostility Matthew Crippen with Illustrations by Mareike Joleen Timm 7 Across the Threshold: A Somaesthetic Approach to the Design of Extended Realities Tom McGuirk and Alan Summers Part 3 Transformative Experiences 8 Bespoke Healthcare Design Dina Shahar and Jonathan Ventura 9 Sensory Activation in Design, Art, and Architecture – a Somaesthetic Perspective Else Marie Bukdahl 10 Designing for Somaesthetic Transformation Richard Shusterman and Dag Svanæs Index
