On Creating Things Aesthetic
On Creating Things Aesthetic
On Creating Things Aesthetic
Description
Description
This is a
pared-down, demystified overview of the mental operations involved with
creating things aesthetic, i.e., art, design, and the like. It is a
disarmingly clearheaded and unsentimental look at the creative process by an
eminent creator. The book's
photographs and design serve as an example of what the creative process, at its
most sophisticated, can yield.
pared-down, demystified overview of the mental operations involved with
creating things aesthetic, i.e., art, design, and the like. It is a
disarmingly clearheaded and unsentimental look at the creative process by an
eminent creator. The book's
photographs and design serve as an example of what the creative process, at its
most sophisticated, can yield.
About the Author
About the Author
Leonard Koren, who trained as an artist and architect, was a founding member of The Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a wall-painting collective. In 1976 he created WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, an avant-garde publication seminal in the development of postmodern aesthetics. Koren has subsequently written numerous books about art, design, and aesthetics. among them are Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers (the classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete), What Artists Do, and Musings of a Curious Aesthete.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Indeed, you
could say that Koren has spearheaded the design equivalent of the slow food
movement."--The New York Times "In a
prominent spot near Square's welcome lobby stands a communal bookshelf. . .
Most titles lining the shelves cover subjects you might expect at a high-flying
tech startup. . . And then there are books placed on the shelf by [Twitter and
Square co-founder Jack] Dorsey. He offers up Wabi-Sabi for Artists,
Designers, Poets & Philosophers --an explication of the Japanese concept
of serendipitous beauty." -The Wall Street Journal
could say that Koren has spearheaded the design equivalent of the slow food
movement."--The New York Times "In a
prominent spot near Square's welcome lobby stands a communal bookshelf. . .
Most titles lining the shelves cover subjects you might expect at a high-flying
tech startup. . . And then there are books placed on the shelf by [Twitter and
Square co-founder Jack] Dorsey. He offers up Wabi-Sabi for Artists,
Designers, Poets & Philosophers --an explication of the Japanese concept
of serendipitous beauty." -The Wall Street Journal
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Imperfect Publishing
Pub date:
2024-04-02
Length:
80 pages
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