Aesthetics, Emotion & Design
Readings for the day
- Norman, D. (2002). Emotion & design: Attractive things work better. Interactions.
- Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Robinson, R. E. (1990). The art of seeing: An interpretation of the aesthetic encounter. Los Angelos: J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Education Institute for the Arts. Chapter 2: The Major Dimensions of the Aesthetic Experience
- Listen to podcast: Why aesthetics is essential for science education
Slides for the day
Today’s working doc
Readings for next week: Design and society
- Johnson, S. (2015). How we got to now: Six innovations that made the modern world: Introduction
- Basalla, G. (1988). The evolution of technology.
- Chapter I: Diversity, Necessity, Evolution
- Chapter VII: Evolution and progress
- Three blog posts by Punya:
- August 9, 2022: Unpacking McLuhan’s “The medium is the message (1/3).
- August 9, 2022: The Postman always rings twice: Unpacking McLuhan (3/3)
- October 23, 2022: Modeling human behavior: The new dark art of silicon sampling.