The Significance of ‘Craft’ Qualities in Creating Experiential Design Products

Autor: Mirja Kälviäinen
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: The Design Journal. 3:4-15
ISSN: 1756-3062
1460-6925
DOI: 10.2752/146069200789390097
Popis: The consumer's perception of the significance of an object to them as an individual has become of primary importance to the designer. This paper describes the current consumer trend towards the aestheticization of everday life and the significance of a desire to consume experiences within product design. It aims to address questions that arise through the designer's need to facilitate the consumer's desire to imbue objects with qualities that are meaningful to them within the currency of the contemporary aesthetics of everyday life. The paper goes on to examine the characteristics of craft products, and their ability to take on and embody the personal and individual experiences of the consumer. The author concludes that craft qualities in products appear to provide relevant communicative means for design in the contemporary era of experiential consumption. Craft qualities are discussed in the light of new consumer research that draws on the fields of psychology, sociology and marketing, and presents us wi...
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