Reuse of Kansei Evaluation Results for the Aesthetic Design of Different Types of Products

There is evidence that greater aesthetic experience can be linked to artworks when their corresponding meanings can be successfully inferred and understood. Modern cultural-expo architecture can be considered a form of artistic creation and design, and the corresponding design philosophy may be derived from representational objects or abstract social meanings. The present study investigates whether cultural-expo architecture with an easy-to-understand architectural appearance design is perceived as more beautiful and how architectural photographs and different types of descriptions of architectural appearance designs interact and produce higher aesthetic evaluations. The results showed an obvious aesthetic preference for cultural-expo architecture with an easy-to-understand architectural appearance design (Experiment 1). Moreover, we found that the aesthetic rating score of architectural photographs accompanied by an abstract description was significantly higher than that of those accompanied by a representational description only under the difficult-to-understand design condition (Experiment 2). The results indicated that people preferred cultural-expo architecture with an easy-to-understand architectural appearance design due to a greater understanding of the design, providing further evidence that abstract descriptions can provide supplementary information and explanation to enhance the sense of beauty of abstract cultural-expo architecture.

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THE ROLE OF URBAN AESTHETICS ON ENHANCING VITALITY OF URBAN SPACES

Khulna University Studies ◽

10.53808/kus.2021.18.02.2112-e ◽

2021 ◽

pp. xx-xx

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Direct Consequence ◽

Point Of View ◽

Urban Spaces ◽

Urban Setting ◽

Aesthetic Quality ◽

Aesthetic Design ◽

Active Involvement ◽

The Aesthetic

Several scholars have focused on the different approaches in designing convivial urban spaces, but literary evidence shows that the essence of aesthetic design in public urban spaces, by referring to the main dimensions involved in the shaping of urban vitality, has not been adequately researched. In this regard, this study, by hypothesizing that the quality of urban design leads to a vital urban environment, focuses on urban vitality from the aesthetic point of view. Thus, in using qualitative grounded theory as a main methodological tool and using a systematic review of the related literature as the main induction approach for collecting qualitative data, five main dimensions of urban vitality, which are necessary to attain a correlation with the aesthetic quality of urban design, were conceptualized. The study concludes that the aesthetic design of an urban setting has a direct effect on the active involvement of its users and that this, therefore, has a direct consequence on the level of public urban vitality, manifested. Integrating the complexity theory with the five main dimensions used for assessing urban vitality was suggested as a viable area for further research.

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Treating Afro hair loss: signs, symptoms and specialist interest

Journal of Aesthetic Nursing ◽

10.12968/joan.2021.10.5.190 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 190-197

Author(s):

Ingrid Wilson

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Hair Loss ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Different Types ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Hair Care ◽

Care Practices ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Impact ◽

Symptoms And Signs

This article explores the different types of hair loss that black women may experience more than other groups of patients. Properties of African hair and the impact of hair care practices are discussed, as well as factors affecting the presentation of other hair loss conditions. It is important for the aesthetic practitioner to be able to distinguish between the temporary forms of hair loss that they can help to treat and the permanent or scarring forms of hair loss, which need a prompt referral to a dermatologist with a specialist interest in hair. Prompt recognition and referral can help to delay the progression of hair loss. The symptoms and signs that patients and practitioners should be alerted to are explored, as well as the treatments that can help and where referrals may be necessary. Recent developments and gaps in knowledge are summarised.

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Criteria for the Creation of Aesthetic Images for Human-Computer Interfaces A Survey for Computer Scientists

International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics ◽

10.4018/jcicg.2011010105 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 68-98

Author(s):

Gabriele Peters

Keyword(s):

User Interfaces ◽

Visual Information ◽

Modern Human ◽

Aesthetic Design ◽

Web Interfaces ◽

Computer Interfaces ◽

Human Computer Interfaces ◽

Computer Scientists ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Analysis Of The Images

Interaction in modern human-computer interfaces is most intuitively initiated in an image-based way. Often images are the key components of an interface. However, too frequently, interfaces are still designed by computer scientists with no explicit education in the aesthetic design of interfaces and images. This article develops a well-defined system of criteria for the aesthetic design of images, motivated by principles of visual information processing by the human brain and by considerations of the visual arts. This theoretic disquisition establishes a framework for the evaluation of images in terms of aesthetics and it serves as a guideline for interface designers by giving them a collection of criteria at hand; how to deal with images in terms of aesthetics for the purpose of developing better user interfaces. The proposed criteria are exemplified by an analysis of the images of the web interfaces of four well known museums.

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Flat Glass or Crystal Dome Aperture? A Year-Long Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Light Pipes in Real Residential Settings and Climatic Conditions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093858 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3858 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Magda Sibley ◽

Antonio Peña-García

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Flat Glass ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Long Term Effect ◽

Different Types ◽

The Difference ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

One Year ◽

The One

This paper presents the first comparative study of its type of the performance of light pipes with different types of apertures: a flat glass versus a bohemian crystal dome. Measurements were taken at 20-minute intervals over a period of one year in the bathrooms of two newly built identical houses of the same orientation located in Manchester, UK. The comparative analysis of the data collected for both light pipes types reveals that the crystal domed aperture consistently outperforms the flat glass one. Furthermore, the difference in the recorded horizontal illuminance is most marked during the winter months and at the end of the one-year experiment, indicating that the crystal dome has better performance for low incident winter light and higher resistance for the long term effect of weathering and pollution. This study provides strong evidence based on long term real measurements. Such evidence informs architects’ decisions when weighing up the aesthetic considerations of a flat glass aperture versus the higher illumination levels afforded by a crystal dome aperture with higher resistance to weathering and pollution.

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Perceptual Balance, Stability, and Aesthetic Appreciation: Their Relations Depend on the Picture Type

i-Perception ◽

10.1177/2041669519856040 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 204166951985604 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ronald Hübner ◽

Martin G. Fillinger

Keyword(s):

Single Element ◽

Aesthetic Appreciation ◽

Positive Relation ◽

Dynamic Pattern ◽

Different Types ◽

Gravitational Stability ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Relationship ◽

Picture Type ◽

Balance Stability

It is widely assumed that the aesthetic appreciation of a picture depends, among others, on how well the picture’s composition is perceptually balanced, where “perceptual balance” is often defined analogous to mechanics. To what extent this metaphor holds for different picture types, however, is still open. Therefore, in this study, we examined the relationship between balance, liking, and some objective measures with pictures from an aesthetic sensitivity test. These stimuli could be divided into single-element, multiple-element, and dynamic-pattern pictures. The results show that “balance” is interpreted differently, depending on the stimulus type. Whereas “mechanical” balance was applied to assess single-element pictures, the balance of multiple-element and dynamic-pattern pictures was rated more in the sense of gravitational stability. Only for the multiple-element stimuli, there was a positive relation between balance/stability and liking. Together, our findings show that there are different types of balance, and that their relation with liking depends on the picture type.

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Assessing Robotics Skills in Early Childhood: Development and Testing of a Tool for Evaluating Children’s Projects

Journal of Research in STEM Education ◽

10.51355/jstem.2021.102 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 47-68

Author(s):

Madhu Govind ◽

Marina Bers

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Development ◽

Childhood Development ◽

Future Research ◽

Aesthetic Design ◽

Design Elements ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Phase Development ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Multi Phase

Children’s robotics skills can be assessed in various ways, one being examining the unique projects that they create. This paper discusses the multi-phase development and testing of a robotics project rubric. The rubric considers both the programming concepts and the aesthetic design elements of a project, which enables researchers and practitioners to determine the overall level of complexity exhibited in the robotics project. This paper presents the background literature and theoretical framework that contributed to the rubric design and summarizes findings from iteratively developing and testing the rubric with a total of 173 robotics projects. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed.

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Um olhar comparativo sobre a regulamentação dos veículos de mídia exterior urbana: os casos de São Paulo (cidade) e Roma | A comparative view of urban outdoor advertising (Out-Of-Home media) regulation: the cases of São Paulo (city) and Rome

InfoDesign - Revista Brasileira de Design da Informação ◽

10.51358/id.v15i1.591 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 17-44

Author(s):

Vanessa Casarin ◽

Raquel Martinelli

Keyword(s):

Urban Landscape ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Strong Impact ◽

São Paulo ◽

Outdoor Advertising ◽

Aesthetic Quality ◽

Media Regulation ◽

Different Types ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The City

O objetivo central deste trabalho é apresentar um estudo comparativo sobre como as cidade de São Paulo e Roma tem lidado em suas regulamentações com os diferentes suportes de mídia exterior urbana, uma vez que são estas normas que moldam com maior ou menor rigor a forma com que a informação de caráter comercial chega aos cidadãos. O desenho da informação depende, fundamentalmente, do suporte através do qual será veiculada. A mídia exterior tem um forte impacto na paisagem urbana e a partir da Lei Cidade Limpa implantada em São Paulo diversas cidades brasileiras se viram incentivadas a implantar ou alterar suas normativas neste sentido. A fim de contribuir com este fenômeno, procurou-se então estabelecer um paralelo entre a cidade de São Paulo, uma cidade de negócios, e a cidade de Roma, fortemente orientada ao turismo incentivado pelo seu profícuo patrimônio histórico, principalmente arquitetônico. No caso de São Paulo abordou-se o contexto de aplicação da regulamentação específica mais recente e suas alterações posteriores. Fez-se, a partir de uma analise documental da legislação vigente, uma comparação com a cidade de Roma. Observou-se que embora a cidade de Roma seja fortemente orientada ao turismo e a exploração da qualidade estética de sua paisagem, é mais permissiva em relação a presença de diferentes suportes de mídia exterior na paisagem urbana do que a cidade de São Paulo.*****The main aim of this paper is to present a comparative study between the cities of São Paulo and Rome, and how these cities are dealing with different types of urban outdoor advertising (Out-Of-Home media) in its regulations since these regulations shape the way commercial information is placed in the landscape. The information design depends, mainly, on the support it will be placed. Outdoor advertising has a strong impact on the urban landscape. Since the Clean City Law was implanted in São Paulo, several Brazilian cities have been encouraged to implement (or modify) regulations in this sense. In order to contribute to this discussion, a parallel between the city of São Paulo, a business city, and the city of Rome, strongly oriented to the tourism encouraged by its historical heritage, mainly architectonic, are presented in this paper. The results shown consider only the documental analysis (of the normative legislation, maps, and publications pertinent to the subject) which formed the basis for the evaluation of the landscape, and not the evaluation of the landscape itself. It refers to the initial stage of the research. Its character is, therefore, descriptive and the comparison established between the different case studies aims to foment the discussion around the paths followed by the cities to deal with the spread and diversity of the OOH media nowadays. It was observed that although the city of Rome is mainly oriented to tourism and the profiteering of the aesthetic quality of its landscape, it is more permissive in relation to the presence of different types of OOH media in the urban landscape than the city of São Paulo.

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Perception Of The Spiritual Symbol In Armenian Medieval Philosophy And Theology

wisdom ◽

10.24234/wisdom.v13i2.274 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 136-145

Author(s):

Haykazun Alvrtsyan

Keyword(s):

Middle Ages ◽

Medieval Literature ◽

Medieval Philosophy ◽

Methodological Basis ◽

World Outlook ◽

Spiritual Culture ◽

Different Types ◽

History Of ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Middle Ages

The article presents the perceptions and viewpoints of the Armenian medieval literary men concerning the spiritual symbol. Being anchored in the pan-Christian perception of the symbol, it laid the basis of the symbolic-allegorical thinking of the Armenian spiritual culture. In the history of the Armenian medieval literature and art studies, the analysis of symbols, in essence, the discovery of the epiphany in them, which is the fundamental meaning of the culture, have often been neglected. Today there is a necessity to analyse the spiritual culture in a new way to dig out its ideological – world outlook basis conditioned by the artistic and the festival and ritual functions of the different types of art. Such a research also enables us to comprehend the aesthetic, artistic and doctrinal - philosophical merits of the spiritual culture (literature, miniature, architecture, etc.) created throughout the centuries and still unknown to us in a new way, to review the system of criteria and ideological-methodological basis of the evaluation, which bears a great significance for the complete and precise perception and evaluation of the Armenian art and literature of the Middle Ages.

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