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Simmel's Handle: A Historical and Theoretical Design Study
This analysis of the article "Der Henkel. Ein ästhetischer Versuch" (The Handle: An Aesthetic Study) by Georg Simmel is intended to be a contribution to the history of the meaning of things. Later critiques by Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno have shifted how we understand Simmel. Integrating Simmel's text within a chronological progression of relationships creates a particular history, the events of which can be commented on reflexively. As industrial design has become an integral component in today's culture, Simmel's position on the role of the applied arts within a modern society is now particularly significant. Our understanding of his cultural philosophy has been shaped by early modernism and postmodernism. But Simmel's "Henkel" can also act as an iridescent symbol reflecting the meaning of things in relation to their interpretations. This article should indicate that the handle's aesthetic as well as symbolic dimensions can still elucidate the society of its time.
Simmel's Handle: A Historical and Theoretical Design Study
This analysis of the article "Der Henkel. Ein ästhetischer Versuch" (The Handle: An Aesthetic Study) by Georg Simmel is intended to be a contribution to the history of the meaning of things. Later critiques by Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno have shifted how we understand Simmel. Integrating Simmel's text within a chronological progression of relationships creates a particular history, the events of which can be commented on reflexively. As industrial design has become an integral component in today's culture, Simmel's position on the role of the applied arts within a modern society is now particularly significant. Our understanding of his cultural philosophy has been shaped by early modernism and postmodernism. But Simmel's "Henkel" can also act as an iridescent symbol reflecting the meaning of things in relation to their interpretations. This article should indicate that the handle's aesthetic as well as symbolic dimensions can still elucidate the society of its time.
Simmel's Handle: A Historical and Theoretical Design Study
Gronert, Siegfried (author)
Design and Culture ; 4 ; 55-71
2012-03-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Design History , aesthetic theory , Simmel , Bloch , Adorno , Deutscher Werkbund , handle
Form as the Object of Experience: Georg Simmel's Influence on Mies van der Rohe
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1990