CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF AESTHETIC

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Form and Aesthetics

Concept
Writing
Design
Screenprinting
Exhibition

* Ingredients list from Tom Friedman

This project aimed to clarify the importance of the context and historical brackground for the aesthetic or beauty of a design. Starting point was a personal object that was first illustrated with the stencil technique for screenprints in black and white. The colour and type (text) was added after creating a story about the object that combined facts and subjective experiences (based on a question list*). This approach shows the relation between the objectivity and subjectivity of aesthetic values.

It keeps me trapped, peaceful and cuddly. It's  warm. A prickly feeling on my feet and I am floating around  like a rudderless and drifting ship. I hear the sloshing and gurgling of the water and the warmth enveloped me. It touched me gently, and I press it  firmly against me. A soothing glow that flows away all my worries and pain. The heat evaporates.

Standstill.

Like a shock, a stinging smell of rubber rings me to the ground and a biting coldness penetrates my body. Cold. So cold. Too cold. The trip is over like waking up from a dream. Now it only lies there without any motion. Rough, dull gum, yellowish-white like dead ivory. Occupied pale, dull with a thin layer of dust.
A flat,  sturdy thing, easy to fold and press.  Like a filled balloon, the air has escaped. One  of many. 167 mm neck, embossed. Germany,  TÜV-tested, batch number GTP 6162

DALILA MAGANINHO

Botija de água quente

Form and Aesthetics