I need a book on web design aesthetics not programming.
I need a book on web design. Or maybe just design. I can program just fine, what I'm looking for is aesthetics. Why some things work and why others don't. Color choices, proper spacing etc. I've been...
View ArticleFischer deliberately makes wrong chess move?
There was a chess match once between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky where Fischer deliberately made a wrong move to confound and confuse Spassky. Does anyone the details of this story? I once read an...
View ArticleOffice Space
Best practices for moving computer and printer into living area without it looking terrible? I have a three-bedroom house. Currently my two boys share a bedroom. We use the third bedroom as a "computer...
View ArticleWhat is the Folk Web?
I'm looking for 'Folk' Web Cultures. I am thinking of the recent take-down of Geocities, which seemed to refresh people's love of the naff, kitsch aesthetic it was famous for, as a prime example. What...
View ArticleLooking for a book recommendation that combines art and philosophy
Students of art, lovers of philosophy, can you recommend a book I can buy as a gift for a friend? I'm looking to buy a very good friend of mine a book for his upcoming birthday, but I'm having a hard...
View ArticleHow do make choices when it comes to aesthetics?
Designers of all sorts (clothes, industrial, visual, graphic ones, etc) how do you make choices when it comes to aesthetics? I know part of choices are made because of function (form follows function,...
View ArticlePoint us towards some sweet matchy books
My sister and I like matchy books: works by a single author or in a thematic series in new, nice, editions. Preferably hardcover, preferably freshly typeset, preferably authoritative and not...
View ArticleNeed Weird Topics in Female Embodiment / Sexuality / Celebrity / Saints
My current poetry project is poems that deal with subjects fitting into the above categories. Mata Hari's body never being collected and donated to medical school? Check. Evita's body being hidding...
View ArticleLooking for an in-text reference for a concept attributed to Kant
I'm looking for an in-text reference for a concept apparently put forward by Immanuel Kant. I would like to know where in his own writings this concept was actually addressed. So basically I'm writing...
View ArticleBooks on philosophy and beauty, art, narrative, or metaphor
I'm well-read but pretty uneducated when it comes to philosophy, aside from having a working knowledge of the Post-Structuralists. I'm looking for philosophical books (it doesn't matter it they're...
View ArticleHow Do I Take in Better Stuff?
How do I practice better taste - in my art, music, and other kinds of cultural consumption - without being a prude or curmudgeon or elitist? I've been thinking a lot lately about how to be more ......
View ArticleDiscussing art -- structured vs unstructured?
Art and philosophy people -- I need your help figuring out how to talk about the difference between art that is highly constricted by form vs. art that is very open-ended -- sonnets as opposed to free...
View ArticleHelp expanding my musical horizons?
My music taste is quirky and mutable. Perhaps MeFites can help me find some new indie-ish wholesome-ish tunes. Details inside. Currently I enjoy artists like Passenger, Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters...
View ArticleShort, emotionally-mixed poems/lyrics needed
A colleague and I are starting some new research in which we are interested in whether we can influence people's interpretation of emotionally-mixed music and language. We easily found music of mixed...
View ArticleWhat are some works of SFF that use extraordinarily beautiful language?
What are some works of SFF that showcase beautiful language on a par with All The King's Men,Gilead, and Raymond Chandler's detective novels? I've read plenty of SFF that has transported me, but little...
View ArticleBooks and websites to tackle the "is it art?" question
My dad and I were recently talking about aesthetics of new and popular music. He was telling me his reasons that he believes 4'33" isn't music. I disagree with him wholeheartedly, but it led to an...
View ArticlePlanner Inspiration for Weirdos
Where can I find inspiration for planner decoration that is geared towards various alternative/weirdo types - e.g. queers, geeks, artists, activists, certain subcultures? I've gotten into a rabbithole...
View Articleunhappy endings you actually value?
I teach the paradox of tragedy (e.g. why do people go to see films/plays they know to be sad if people normally dislike feeling sad?) but I find the grounding examples a bit suspicious. Please tell me...
View ArticleSimple & pretty games for my Apple TV
I've got some Shit To Do in a house that is not mine and I like unwinding in the evening playing some simple video games on the Apple TV. I've been enjoying Alto's Adventure and Crossy Road. They are...
View ArticleTaking next-level photographs
What are some resources to help experienced/advanced amateur photographer develop craft even further? From an aesthetic perspective, not technical. I've been shooting photographs consistently for about...
View ArticleKeywords for my aesthetic?
I'm in need of succinct, precise ways to describe what I like and dislike when it comes to spaces, clothes, and belongings. The only ones I can think of all point to something similar but not quite....
View ArticleWhat does a grown-up do with pins and posters?
I've gotten into a number of podcasts. These podcasts put out merchandise, like pins and posters. I really like these pins and posters! I want them, and I want to support my favorite podcasts! But what...
View ArticleThe Art of Japan
I'd like book recommendations for the study of Japanese aesthetics. When I was in university there was a course in the catalog called the Art of Japan which I would have loved to take, but they didn't...
View ArticleWhat are the terms and concepts that artsy people use today?
I am most curious to learn the words and ideas people are talking about today that they were less likely to be chatting about a decade or more ago. For example, I have noticed that words like...
View ArticlePhilosophy & ChatGPT and/or AI image creation
Hello! I'm wondering if you know of any philosophers/ethicists who are thinking about the ethical, aesthetic and/or philosophical implications of using ChatGPT or AI image creation software. Or, if...
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