The reinvention of the ready-made

Eggink, Wouter (2010) The reinvention of the ready-made. In: Proceedings of the 7th Design and Emotion Conference 2010; Spertus Institute (Chicago, USA). Institute of Design, 001-012.

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Abstract:	In this paper the history of a particular type of product design is analyzed, compared and structured. The analyzed products are all of the type where existing objects are used or even incorporated into the design. This principle is known in the art world as the ready-made. In this research transformational- and composed ready-mades and several variations are described. The design principle of using existing objects in designs is then compared with the relation between novelty and typicality as predictors of aesthetic preference, as researched by Hekkert et al. From there it is argued that the readymade principle could possibly contribute to designing pleasurable products because the resulting objects incorporate both novelty and typicality in their presence
Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty:	Engineering Technology (CTW)
Research Group:	Design, Production and Management (DPM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/78407
Conference URL:	http://trex.id.iit.edu/DE2010/des+emo-newhome.html
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