Ulm Aesthetics

Holt, M

Ulm Aesthetics

Holt, M

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Design History, 2020, 33, (2), pp. 140-157
Issue Date:: 2020-07-09

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dc.contributor.author	Holt, M
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-12T00:18:54Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-12T00:18:54Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07-09
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Design History, 2020, 33, (2), pp. 140-157
dc.identifier.issn	0952-4649
dc.identifier.issn	1741-7279
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/147053
dc.description.abstract	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In order to contribute to the widening and enriching of the notion of aesthetics as it applies to design and so to the historian’s task in this field, this essay examines the theories of aesthetics promulgated at the Hochschule für Gestaltung at Ulm (1953–1968), still a much-understudied institution. In particular, it will investigate the confluence at that school of semiotics and semantics, information aesthetics, and experimental aesthetics. It looks at the break Ulm made with its predecessor, the Bauhaus, on the role of art and aesthetics in design. That break is seen as result of the HfG’s re-evaluation of the profile and substance of industrial design, a re-evaluation itself contingent on an updated understanding of the contemporary ‘environment’ (Umwelt). The article also examines the key aesthetic theories of the figures who passed through Ulm and shaped its curriculum in order to establish the influence of those figures on the wider history of design.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press (OUP)
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Design History
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/jdh/epz038
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject	1203 Design Practice and Management
dc.subject.classification	History
dc.title	Ulm Aesthetics
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	33
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
utslib.copyright.embargo	2021-09-29T00:00:00+1000Z
dc.date.updated	2021-03-12T00:18:52Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	33
utslib.citation.issue	2

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Abstract In order to contribute to the widening and enriching of the notion of aesthetics as it applies to design and so to the historian’s task in this field, this essay examines the theories of aesthetics promulgated at the Hochschule für Gestaltung at Ulm (1953–1968), still a much-understudied institution. In particular, it will investigate the confluence at that school of semiotics and semantics, information aesthetics, and experimental aesthetics. It looks at the break Ulm made with its predecessor, the Bauhaus, on the role of art and aesthetics in design. That break is seen as result of the HfG’s re-evaluation of the profile and substance of industrial design, a re-evaluation itself contingent on an updated understanding of the contemporary ‘environment’ (Umwelt). The article also examines the key aesthetic theories of the figures who passed through Ulm and shaped its curriculum in order to establish the influence of those figures on the wider history of design.

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