ID426 DESIGN, AESTHETICS AND TECHNOLOGY
| Course Code: |
1250426 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer CEMRE SU KAVALALI |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
A historical and critical overview of aesthetics from philosophical, artistic and design perspectives; examination of classical theories of art and perception; conceptual divergence and convergence of art and design across historical periods; investigation of how sensory experience, perception and aesthetic judgment are mediated by media and technological systems; discussion of sensation vs. perception and aesthetic vs. perceptual experience; focus on multisensory design Ýn industrial contexts; analysis of digital media, artificial Ýntelligence, immersive environments and Ýnteractive systems as tools, collaborators or cocreators in aesthetic production; case studies, workshops and design critiques leading to a final project on technologically mediated aesthetic experience.
