Since this blog concerns itself with styling and aesthetics I'll begin by defining these important areas for design and for our everyday lives. For many the word "design" is used interchangeably with styling and aesthetics. But design means different things to people. It can mean the strategy for the conceptualization, development and marketing of the new product. It can mean the engineering of the mechanics or electronics of the whole or part of a product and a lot of other things.
Styling is a more specific word and is clear to most; meaning the overall appearance or look of part or all of a design: Its about the perception of how a thing looks. Aesthetics is a little more difficult. Generally aesthetics concerns itself with the level of beauty or pleasure brought on by some kind of an occurrence. There is a level of aesthetics, pleasure or beauty to all stimulus that affect any of the five senses of sight, touch, taste, smell or hearing. There is a level of beauty to the visual such as nature and art, the intellectual like engineering, poetry and mathematics, auditory in the performing arts, the taste of food and drink or the feel of a material. No matter the area of concern, aesthetics is about the mind's perception of the combination of interest, clarity and unity.
The use of aesthetics in the discussions on this blog will concentrate on the visual and sometimes tactile aspects of products, places and vehicles. References to effects on the other senses may be used as examples to clarify a point, but for the most part those other areas will not be of direct concern.
Styling is a more specific word and is clear to most; meaning the overall appearance or look of part or all of a design: Its about the perception of how a thing looks. Aesthetics is a little more difficult. Generally aesthetics concerns itself with the level of beauty or pleasure brought on by some kind of an occurrence. There is a level of aesthetics, pleasure or beauty to all stimulus that affect any of the five senses of sight, touch, taste, smell or hearing. There is a level of beauty to the visual such as nature and art, the intellectual like engineering, poetry and mathematics, auditory in the performing arts, the taste of food and drink or the feel of a material. No matter the area of concern, aesthetics is about the mind's perception of the combination of interest, clarity and unity.
The use of aesthetics in the discussions on this blog will concentrate on the visual and sometimes tactile aspects of products, places and vehicles. References to effects on the other senses may be used as examples to clarify a point, but for the most part those other areas will not be of direct concern.
