As we pass through the factory each day and consider what's next for our more than 60-year-old company, our house keeps us focused and inspired aesthetically.
Nest, which launched in 2010, has focused on improving – both aesthetically and in function – "unloved, utilitarian" household products: first up was a thermostat and then, unveiled in 2013, a smoke alarm.
He was focused on designing beautiful, aesthetically pleasing websites that also seamlessly wed that form with function.
In the past, design has most often occurred fairly far downstream in the development process and has focused on making new products aesthetically attractive or enhancing brand perception through smart, evocative advertising.
Previous research on network-diagram layout has focused on the problem of aesthetically optimal layout, using such criteria as the number of link crossings, the sum of all link lengths, and total diagram area.
This cultural assumption that we should feel obliged to focus on aesthetically perfecting our bodies is a sad reflection of what it means to develop true confidence.
But watching Mr. Mendes and his staff at work was a moving reminder of how much finely focused collaboration is involved in the creation of all kinds of aesthetically pleasurable experiences.
A majority of the photos initially posted to #whitegirlsdoitbetter have focused on the physical attributes that apparently make white women more aesthetically pleasing than women of color.
I offer a focused definition of new media texts as ones that juxtapose semiotic modes in new and aesthetically pleasing ways and, in doing so, break away from print traditions so that written text is not the primary rhetorical means.
Still, other furniture and lifestyle focused retailers, like One Kings Lane, have managed to raise hundreds of millions behind the notion that the more aesthetically minded are willing to shop and spend online for nicer home decor.
