@article{1404439,
      recid = {1404439},
      author = {Folkmann, Mads Nygaard,},
      title = {The aesthetics of imagination in design /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, MA :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {A theoretically informed investigation that relates the  philosophies of aesthetics and imagination to understanding  design practice.In The Aesthetics of Imagination in Design,  Mads Folkmann investigates design in both material and  immaterial terms. Design objects, Folkmann argues, will  always be dual phenomena--material and immaterial, sensual  and conceptual, actual and possible. Drawing on formal  theories of aesthetics and the phenomenology of  imagination, he seeks to answer fundamental questions about  what design is and how it works that are often ignored in  academic research.Folkmann considers three conditions in  design: the possible, the aesthetic, and the imagination.  Imagination is a central formative power behind the  creation and the life of design objects; aesthetics  describes the sensual, conceptual, and contextual codes  through which design objects communicate; the concept of  the possible--the enabling of new uses, conceptions, and  perceptions--lies behind imagination and aesthetics. The  possible, Folkmann argues, is contained as a structure of  meaning within the objects of design, which act as part of  our interface with the world. Taking a largely  phenomenological perspective that reflects both continental  and American pragmatist approaches, Folkmann also makes use  of discourses that range from practice-focused accounts of  design methodology to cultural studies. Throughout, he  offers concrete examples to illustrate theoretical points.  Folkmann's philosophically informed account shows  design--in all its manifestations, from physical products  to principles of organization--to be an essential medium  for the articulation and transformation of culture.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1404439},
}