I asked my father about Design Aesthetics !

I asked my father suddenly,
"Ayah, apa yang ayah tahu pasal Design Aesthetics? Apa tu aesthetics?"
"Dad, what do you know about Design Asthetics? What is aesthetics?

My father's answer :
"Nampak cantik",
"Look beautiful",

wow, what a simple answer!?
Based on what he said, it's all about "look beautiful first" then balancing with functional.
No matter what, the beauty is number one. But it depends on majority opinion, not by individual.

wah ! so simple and I think I am now really want to learn this subject with a lots of curiousity !
^__^

Aesthetics ? What it's mean?

By yesterday, i have learnt about the definition of design and aesthetics. What is the relationship between them? I still can't explain it fluently and need to refer something to read.

Based on Dr Tan's note that he show to class yesterday,
design is a PLAN or DRAWING that produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment or other object BEFORE it is made.
*Actually there are 3 mores definition about design, but I think only this sentences that I can understand and explain.

As a designer, we need to plan. What is plan? we need to start thinking what kind of new products or anythings that we gonna do. Drawing is the action that to show what we had imagined on a piece of paper or somethings.
We need to know our needed. So,this is based on the look and function. For example that Dr.Tan gave to class, just like his bottle. How to make it more easier to carry, to hold and so on.

Oh, i just remember that Dr.Tan talked about 'Change your sun glasses' , what it's mean?
Your paradigm , the way that you think, you see, you judge and so on.

You know what, he had asked the class yesterday, after shown to us a image of Dimension of design,
the question is what is aesthetics? Oh my God, i was afraid that he will choose me, because i don't know the answer. But actually, if you are thinking in simple way and take it easy, then you can give the answer.
He said that, aesthetics is one of dimensions of design. Simple.

Okay now, what is the dimensions of design?
There are 4 dimensions which are Aesthetics, Functional, Economical and Socio-political.
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Hmm.. can we continue this article later? I promise.

By the way, Dr Tan gave about 3 questions after this topic.
There are 


1) Up to this moment, what do you think aesthetics is?
Aesthetics have no principle because it can be anythings that created by artist. Many kind of reactions that will be follow by the creations.

2) How would you define aesthetics?
Aesthetics is abstract to understand for me. It is mystery of reactions. It is about beauty, philosophy and theory of arts.

3) How do you feel about aesthetics?
I really need to know more to understand what is actually aesthetics means in the simple sentences.

Write down your relexion.

My Answers on overview of Design Aesthetics

QUESTION 1

Explain the principles and the appreciation of beauty in the form of arts.

—  What is ‘principle’?

My own answer  : Principle just like a rule, many of rules which is a guideline for not doing anything in infinity or nonsense or in non-relevant.

—  What is ‘beauty’?

My own answer : Beauty is something that you can describe and at the same time you can make differences between two or more things/people, however its depends on your own taste and how is the things/people appear in front of you.  Beauty is something good that everyone like.

—  What are the principles of beauty?

My own answer : principles of beauty , just need balancing and simple. Not too much, not too little.

—  Why should beauty be related to any principles?

My own answer :  I am not sure, but if don’t have any principles to beauty, maybe it is impossible and not easy how do you want to describes things/people whether they are beauty or not. On what reasons that you will give if you describes that is beauty?

—  Why these particular principles and not others?

My own answer : I don’t know.

—  What does ‘appreciation of beauty’ mean? Why?

My own answer : Appreciation of beauty is, when you see something, you will see and feel the relief of feelings, because this is what God give a gift to us, to feel the beauty, to see details on what you are seeing at that time and you will feel satisfy and speechless or just enough to say ‘wah..’ with smiling on your face.

—  What is/are the form of arts, i.e. art forms?

My own answer : I don’t know, difficult to define it.

—  What are the principles of beauty in various form of arts? Why these principles and not others?

My own answer : I don’t know but I think got many principles of beauty in various form of arts.

—  What does ‘appreciation of beauty’ mean in arts? Why?

My own answer : for this question I think it is same answer as question of “What does ‘appreciation of beauty’ mean? Why?” , but the arts are made by someone/people which are humans and not God, so the feel of appreciation is on the artist, more too appreciate the skills , the idea, and so on of the artist have done.

QUESTION 2

Relate the issues to do with the varieties form of traditional art and modern art which includes the visual arts, music and performing arts from various culture.

—  What are the issues—both classical and contemporary—that relate to traditional and modern art forms?

—  What is issue?

Answer : unsolved problem.

—  What does ‘classical’ mean? What does ‘contemporary’ mean?

My own answer : I am not sure but what I think about if I heard or read the word of ‘classic’ is music which are the song of old singer and of course in old era.

My own answer : I don’t know, I heard before the word of ‘contemporary’ but forgot already.

—  What does ‘traditional’ mean? What does ‘modern’ mean?

My own answer : immediately I think about clothes, games like kebaya, ceongsam, congkak and so on, these are related to traditional, but I don’t know how to explain.

—  What are the similarities and differences between traditional and modern art forms?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

—  What are the classical issues related to traditional art forms?

My own answer :  Sorry, I don’t know.

—  What are the classical issues related to modern art forms?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

—  What are the contemporary issues related to traditional art forms?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

—  What are the contemporary issues related to modern art forms?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

—  How to relate these issues to each other?

My own answer : just find the root of the issue, who are involved in that case/situation, what are the incidents happened and so on.

QUESTION 3

Demonstrate and formulate the concept of beauty based on certain principles, system and techniques, concept and certain criteria.

—  What does ‘concept’ mean?

My own answer : Concept , I think it is like guideline to guide what ever you want to do,  it is general and you can choose them.  Same as features , like the characteristic of someone I think.

—  How to formulate the concept of beauty?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

—  How to demonstrate the concept of beauty?

My own answer : Sorry, I don’t know.

QUESTION 4

Analyse and criticise the aspects contained in art forms which would be learned according to robust verbal and written arguments and evidence.

—  What are arguments?

My own answer : not agree to any statement or speak out of something that you think it should be correct / additional or something else with your own opinion and facts that you can proof.

—  What can be considered as evidence?

My own answer : facts !

—  What does robust mean?

My own answer : strong evidence , example like to give an explanation with facts that you can proof.

—  What are the aspects contained in art forms?

My own answer :  many of aspects that can be contained in art forms I think, but I am not sure about that.

—  What does analyse mean? How to analyse?

Answer : Analyse is like division, to do it you have to divide parts by parts, identify what is the type, the parts , the numbers and so on.

—  What does criticise mean? How to criticise?

My own answer : criticize is to give some advices or opinions in sincerely about weakness / lack of something , maybe its sound like complain to get the best and better after this on what you have seen. But, to do that, you need knowledge about what are the topics that you talk about.


At the end of this class about 4 months later, I will answer all these questions again with knowledge and what I have learnt in my class with Dr.Tan and my friends.

Created a blog.

I just created a blog especially for Design Aesthetics subject. In here, I will share anythings that i understand all about Design Aesthetics on what I learn in class. Please welcome to all my friends, and especially Dr.Tan who is my lecturer to follow my blog and please do correct me if you get anythings wrong in my notes or else.

Thank you.