As I read this article, I thought that the author, Robin Vande Zande, made really good points. When something isn’t appealing to look at, we fix it. Take a car for example, if we get into an accident and there is chipped paint and a dent most of us would want to have that fixed even if it doesn’t affect how the car runs. It is such an aesthetic appeal and is apart of us as humans. Why do we fix things that aren’t broken? This relates to art because we like to look at things/objects that are attractive and appealing; along with furniture and cars. We could usually have a plain chair or car without all the gadgets to suffice our needs, but we want more. So we have fancy cars and couches that don’t only serve as functional objects but also as aesthetics.
Depending on what we want objects to function as determines how it may look. Like the article stated, cars for travel with more people will have more seats and will be safer for highway driving. In class, we had to design a chair made out of cardboard to hold a softball. The functional aspect of the chair was just to hold a softball, so that is what I did. I didn’t add anything fancy or make it appealing at the least; but it can hold a softball. However, with more time I probably would have tried to make it look better and more appealing. That particular activity was fun and a good use of scraps. Many schools will find their selves with a low budget and not much to work with so this is a low cost assignment and good recycling activity.
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Ashley...I like your analogy of the crumpled car fender...things that are not aesthetically pleasing bother us. The interesting thing is that we all have different ideas of what looks appealing, a different aesthetic! That's what makes fashion, cars, furniture, architecture and art (among other things) so varied and so fascinating.
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