{"product_id":"somaesthetics-and-design-culture-9789004536647","title":"Somaesthetics and Design Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesign 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210860781911,"sku":"9789004536647","price":159.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/somaesthetics-and-design-culture-9789004536647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}