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

• Published in: The Design journal Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 583 - 603
• Main Authors: Núñez-Pacheco, Claudia, Loke, Lian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...