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In this paper, we illustrate how digital aesthetics is based on symbolic layering and a system of images and imagery. At the same time, we introduce the fundamental susceptibility to the sensitive in the design environment and how this relates back to a culture of the sensitive visual. We will address more specifically the aesthetics of images and rêverie in Gaston Bachelard and the use of pathosformeln in Aby Warburg’s philosophy and art theory. Next, we will attempt to create a relationship between the new interactive techniques of design and somaesthetics and how they represent to date the new worlds of a digital aesthetic. In conclusion, we will try to reiterate the fundamental concept of the sensitive in the digital world.
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Alison, A. (2023). From Visual Studies to Interactive Design: What About Digital Aesthetics?. In: Villa, D., Zuccoli, F. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination. IMG 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 631. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25906-7_46
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