Revived Beauty: Research into Aesthetic Appreciation of Materials to Valorise Materials from Waste

The use of materials derived from waste is one of the prominent ways to contribute to sustainable product design. However, there is a stark gap in literature concerning how people appraise such materials. In this paper, we present our initial attempts to understand the aesthetic appreciation of mate...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 529
Main Authors ,, Marita Sauerwein, Karana, Elvin, Rognoli, Valentina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 30.03.2017
Subjects
18th century
Aesthetics
Appraisals
Designers
Green products
Industrial design
Principles
Product design
Raw materials
Research methodology
Sustainability
Sustainable design
Sustainable materials
Tactile
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Summary:The use of materials derived from waste is one of the prominent ways to contribute to sustainable product design. However, there is a stark gap in literature concerning how people appraise such materials. In this paper, we present our initial attempts to understand the aesthetic appreciation of materials, in particular those derived from discarded raw materials, i.e., revived materials. Two studies were conducted for which we took the aesthetic principle unity-in-variety as the departure point. In the first study, we explored material appraisals by testing whether different visual and tactile qualities interrelate with each other in a similar or contradictory way. Based on these findings, two revived materials were modified and our main assumptions were further explored in Study 2. We outline our findings and show that the aesthetic appreciation of a material can be influenced by the (in)congruity between visual and tactile qualities of the material.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su9040529