Abstract: The Aesthetics of Design

S02-E01 Ólafur Eliasson: The Art of Seeing the World

Ólafur Eliasson is an artist who focuses on the relationship between the viewer and the environment. While he presents works that are completed by the 'beholder' through works where a rainbow appears depending on the viewing angle, he also creates a space where colors completely disappear using monochromatic lighting. Eliasson, who has focused on the role of the viewer, now continues his work on the natural environment, such as global warming, and creates works that expand the scope of our perception.

S02-E02 Neri Oxman: Design embracing nature

Neri Oxman is an artist who combines technology and art. While serving as the youngest professor at the MIT Media Lab, he produced several works combining nature and technology. Designers who start from technologies such as biology and architecture, explore the fundamental operating principles of nature, and create design objects, such as creating huge pavilions using thousands of silkworm cocoons or producing clothing based on biological knowledge.

S02-E03 Ruth Carter: Costume Design

Ruth Carter is a clothing designer specializing in video. I am an artist who focuses on expressing the story of the person wearing the clothes, and I try to analyze the era and the character's personality and express them through clothes so that the actor can immerse himself in the character. Just as in the movie Malcolm

S02-E04 Cass Holman: Design that becomes play

Cass Holman is the founder of Heroes Will Rise. Holman designs games that allow people to create their own meaning rather than games that involve finding the right answer. We make boxes with lots of grooves and combine various tools to create toys that can give their own meaning, or we design tools that allow children to create their own playground. It is also interesting to work together to solve the problem of plagiarism, which can be sensitive, by creating better designs.