Towards a technique for articulating aesthetic experiences in design using Focusing and the Felt Sense

Aesthetic experiences embody a sense of unity that makes their particular qualities memorable to our existence. The richness of meaning encapsulated by routine acts on the other hand, is mostly taken for granted. We introduce the somatic Focusing technique to access the tacit dimension of people...

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Published inThe Design journal Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 583 - 603
Main Authors Núñez-Pacheco, Claudia, Loke, Lian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 04.07.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Aesthetics
body
Design
Design techniques
experience-oriented design
focusing
HCI-oriented design
Human body
tacit dimension
Tacit knowledge
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Summary:Aesthetic experiences embody a sense of unity that makes their particular qualities memorable to our existence. The richness of meaning encapsulated by routine acts on the other hand, is mostly taken for granted. We introduce the somatic Focusing technique to access the tacit dimension of people's personal stories, offering a new perspective on experiential content for design use. This technique facilitates extracting aesthetic meaning from unremarkable experiences, by prompting participants to ponder situations through their bodily felt-sensing. Focusing has proven effective to scaffold the emergence of self-discoveries or insights, being revealed directly by those who experience the technique.
ISSN:1460-6925
1756-3062
DOI:10.1080/14606925.2018.1467680