Why Beauty Matters
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Stefan Sagmeister (Sagmeister & Walsh) presents the idea that beauty and functionality belong together, demonstrating how design aesthetics can be integrated with practical purpose. The talk focuses on the unity between aesthetic appeal and functional design rather than on specific technologies or tools.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Beauty in architecture
- 1:31The loss of aesthetic value
- 3:13Adolf Loos and functionalism
- 5:50The failure of modernism
- 6:54Beauty as a human trait
- 8:29Reintroducing beauty
- 10:12Psychology of aesthetics
- 11:40Love, care, and function
- 15:23Artistic conclusion
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