The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and ConsciousnessHarper Collins, 2009 M03 17 - 272 páginas Whether it's sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day based on our sensory experience. Sensory appeals are everywhere, and they are intensifying, radically changing how Americans live and work. The twenty-first century has become the age of aesthetics, and whether we realize it or not, this influence has taken over the marketplace, and much more. In this penetrating, keenly observed book, Virginia Postrel makes the argument that appearance counts, that aesthetic value is real. Drawing from fields as diverse as fashion, real estate, politics, design, and economics, Postrel deftly chronicles our culture's aesthetic imperative and argues persuasively that it is a vital component of a healthy, forward-looking society. Intelligent, incisive, and thought-provoking, The Substance of Style is a groundbreaking portrait of the democratization of taste and a brilliant examination of the way we live now. |
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... is subjective and can be discovered only through experience, not deduced in advance; that sensory pleasure and meaning are fundamental, biologically based human wants but that their particular expressions vary; xiv Preface.
... expressions vary; that people make different trade-offs among goods depending on the alternatives they face; and that aesthetics is not a value set off from the rest of life. Decoration and adornment are nei- ther higher nor lower than ...
... expression . “ Form follows emo- tion " has supplanted “ form follows function . " Emotion tells you which form you find functional . A chair's purpose is not to express a modernist ideal of " chairness " but to please its owner . " The ...
... expression and social communication . It does not provide con- sensus , coherence , or truth . Indeed , in many cases the rising importance of aesthetics sparks conflicts , since one man's dream house is another's eyesore ; one ...
... expression , personal imagination , per- sonal initiative - form follows instinct . The French interiors magazine Maison Française touts customiza- tion as the “ reaction to the homogenization of styles and tastes : the desire to ...
Contenido
The Rise of LOOK AND FEEL | 34 |
SURFACE AND SUBSTANCE | 66 |
MEANINGFUL Looks | 93 |
The Boundaries of DESIGN | 122 |
SMART AND PRETTY | 164 |
Notes | 193 |
Acknowledgments | 229 |
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The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce ... Virginia Postrel Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce ... Virginia Postrel Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce ... Virginia Postrel Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |