At the beginning of the pandemic, Rian Phin, recently furloughed from her stressful job and struggling to create content, was living in a poorly lit townhome in Brooklyn with five roommates. When she ...

Critical theory and aesthetic philosophy intersect in a sustained inquiry into how art, culture and society inform one another. Originating with the Frankfurt School’s dialectical critique, this field ...

Artistic works often enact a dialogue between beauty and ethics, inviting observers to reflect on moral questions through aesthetic experience. Aesthetic value encompasses the qualities that make an ...

1: Practical-functional arts and the uniqueness of craft: questions about terminology -- Purpose, use, and function -- Taxonomy of craft based on applied function -- Different applied functions: tools ...

Tesla’s Cybertruck design is undeniably polarizing. By radically departing from both traditional truck aesthetics and broader automotive design norms, its angular, minimalist, almost brutalist ...

The Vanilla Era theory suggests people are moving away from bold aesthetics and embracing minimalism, neutral colours and simpler lifestyles.