Most of the cultures with which we work create objects according to particular cultural prescriptions that have as much to do with their purposeful qualities — physical aspects that lend power to their efficacy in the intended context — as their aesthetic ones.
Intended to feature a "cute" aesthetic and accurate physics engine, the game debuted at the 2001 Amusement Operator Union trade show as Monkey Ball, a single-player arcade cabinet controlled with a distinctive banana-shaped analog stick.
Intended to pay homage to the Deco aesthetic unique to the twenties and thirties, this all-day affair gives registrants armed with clues a chance to search for sites throughout the five boroughs, posting photographs of the exteriors to Instagram for proof of a find.
There is a guest room that is a virtual Petri dish of mildew, though its "Blair Witch Project" decrepitude was not an intended example of Castaing's worn-but-wonderful aesthetic.
Various tunnels require smooth longitudinal profiles for their intended use, e.g., sewer and water tunnels or aesthetic finishes for public transportation usage, i.e., highway and railway tunnels.
By separating the pumpjack from its intended purpose and exploring it for its inherent material and aesthetic properties, Hod's piece alters viewers' perspectives on the machine.
The movie, with its easy, graceful humor and its plain-spoken sense of decency, recalls the great populist films of the 1930's and early 40's: there are traces of Charlie Chaplin, Preston Sturges and Frank Capra in Mr. Kaurismaki's democractic aesthetic, and like them he has made a simple, poignant comedy whose intended audience is nothing less than the human race (Scott).
The aesthetic of a product can always been dialed in, but, if the intended use of the product falls short, so will the product itself.
Intended as a gesture of reconciliation, the Monument to Humanity was dismantled on aesthetic grounds last year by order of the Turkish prime minister.
To determine which essays to analyze, two researchers independently selected 20 narratives (combination of poem and art) that best adhered to the criteria of aesthetic quality in art therapy [ 29]: conveyed personally meaningful experience, images matched the intended experience, and image was completed through intentional use of art materials, colors, lines, shapes, symbols and words.
There are "country houses," homey, simple and intended to make customers feel comfortable, and "city houses," with sleeker designs sporting more of a strip club aesthetic.
