An Aesthetic View on Design

Keywords: Design, Aesthetics, History, Form Theory

Abstract

Review of: Mecacci, A. (2012). Estetica e design. Bologna: il Mulino.

Author Biography

Raimonda Riccini, Università Iuav di Venezia

Full Professor at the Università Iuav di Venezia, where she also coordinates the PhD program in Design Sciences and the Design & Museology research group. She is a co-founder and current President of the Italian Association of Design Historians (AIS/Design) and since 2013 she has been editor-in-chief of the online journal «AIS/Design. Storia e Ricerche». In 2013 she promoted the first Italian Forum of PhD programs in Design. She has published extensively on the history of design. Her recent publications include: “Artificio e trasparenza: Il corpo sulla scena degli oggetti”, in Il corpo umano sulla scena del design (ed. M. Ciammaichella, Il Poligrafo 2015); “Il progetto senza storia? Le scienze umane nella didattica delle scuole di design”, in Storia hic et nunc: La formazione dello storico del design (eds. P.P. Peruccio and D. Russo, Allemandi 2015); “‘Let’s not forget the kitchen’: How design has transformed the domestic hearth”, in Kitchens & Invaders (ed. G. Celant, Electa 2015); Design e immaginario. Oggetti, immagini e visioni fra rappresentazione e progetto (co-editor with P. Proverbio, Il Poligrafo 2016) and the proceedings of the 2016 AIS/Design conference Angelica e Bradamante. Le donne del design (Il Poligrafo 2017).

Published
2013-03-01
Issue
Vol 1 No 1 (2013): Constellations
Section
Reviews

Copyright (c) 2013 Raimonda Riccini

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