Do I like it cause I like it? Or do I like it cause I'm supposed to like it?
I was reading the chapter titled Fibonacci Sequence in Universal Principles of Design this morning when struck by the following lightening bolt:
Are such patterns considered aesthetic because people find them to be more aesthetic or because people have been taught to believe they are aesthetic?
This question relates to the Fibonacci Sequence (read the section under applications unless you love math)- a sequence of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.
Although I love design, I've had no formal training. (one of my first articulations on design). In the last few years I've accumulated quite a few books on design, perused quite a few Web sites and subscribe to quite a few design magazines. As I come to be rather fond of industrial, graphic and print design, I try to continue to learn more.
In pursuit of design education, I've encountered many classically trained, technical and artistic people. Most of the time I cannot understand what they are talking about but there's this little voice in my head that keeps telling me how I'll continue to slip on the slippery slopes of shallow-ism if I don't git a handle on the historical and technical aspects of design...so I do try.
Early on however, I came to the realization that no matter how many design experts touted the aesthetic and functional importance of objects like this
chair, I would stick to my guns. If I like something, I like it. If I do not, I do not try to like it. It really isn't any more technical than that.
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