Study Task 6 - COP 3 Induction: Consumer identities

1. Science(or Psychology) vs Art & Design (how they work together - the science of aesthetic)
2. Knowing the psychological contexts and reasoning behind how humans respond to aesthetic best helps design for its purpose / understanding of target audience / progression of informed and pleasing design 
3. Cultural - does how various cultures have adapted different stylistic norms reflect their religious of scientific beliefs? can we translate tradition into something deeper? Technological - how has invention affected aesthetic / production / scope Aesthetic - technical terminology and characteristics of outcome 

4:*'Aesthetic' - Benedetto Croce

*Cathrine Jansson-Boyd – “Consumer psychology”

*'The sicence of art: a neurologial theory of aesthetic experience'
Authors: Ramachandran, V.S.; Hirstein, W. Source: Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 6, Numbers 6-7, 1 June 1999, pp. 15-51(37) Publisher: Imprint Academic

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/aesthetics/documents/fragilityaesthknow.pdf
THE FRAGILITY OF AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE: AESTHETIC PSYCHOLOGY AND APPRECIATIVE VIRTUES MATTHEW KIERAN

5. Leonardo Da Vinci  
- The golden ration / Fibonacci sequence 
- interviews with people and their reaction to different aesthetics / explore accepted visual literacies 

Research into hyperreality theory

Orientalism theory

Possible research question: The Science of Aesthetic
Idea: how does our external influences/ environments impact our tastes - what is the science behind our emotive responses to aesthetic (e.g. colour psychology, spaces/ architecture, materials, shape. How has the inventions of new technologies or methods impacted aesthetic through time, in the art and design world (digital design, screen based / video art, printing press and methods, sound waves etc 

Research essay:
'Aesthetic - As Science of Expression and General Linguistic'
Edited by Benedetto Croce

David Glowacki - Bristol Research Fellow (scientist, artist, culture theorist)
 https://glow-wacky.com/about/

Over the years, I’ve become increasingly interested what I call ‘the aesthetics of scientific imagination’ – i.e., the “design” decisions entailed in scientific visualization. This is particularly important in domains which cannot be seen with the naked eye, because our scientific intuition is guided by the aesthetic representations we use to imagine phenomena which are otherwise invisible. In fact I would almost go so far to claim that imagery is the reality in these domains, profoundly impacting how we communicate these ‘realities’, in both research & educational contexts. Over the last few years, my group’s work in digital art has in fact driven a range of scientific research outcomes – e.g., the algorithms we’ve designed to make artworks have been fast enough to accelerate our molecular research. I like this research paradigm, with aesthetic enquiry and scientific enquiry locked in mutual dialogue, each pushing one another into new territories.

CoP3 Proposal brief:

Does the way fiction depict the future impact aesthetic of invention?
- how does fictional representations of the future impact design decisions
- how has the development and improvement of technology effected the aesthetic of science fiction
- what does our interest in virtual reality tell us about the future of design?
- should design fear or embrace the technological world? (analogue vs digital methods of production)

1. Title
2. Outline the brief
3. Background
4. Deliverables
5. Mandatory Requirements

Summer reading list:

1. The Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking Science Fiction Film in the Age of Electronic (Re) Production (Contributions to the Study of Science Ficti)
2. Echoes of the Future: Rational Graphic Design and Ilustration 
3. The Design of Future Things - Book by Don Norman
4. The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number Book by Mario Livio 
5. Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way it Does, by Philip Ball