Autotelizacja designu - autonomia formy. Krytyka mitu przeznaczenia
Autotelization of design – the autonomy of form. Criticism of the myth of destiny

Summary/Abstract: Janusz KrupińskiAutotelization of design – the autonomy of form. Criticism of the myth of destinyThe significance of the spectacularness in design is connected with a disputeover the relation of form and function of objects. Functionalist postulaterequires criticism of objectivity and the derivative of form withrespect to function-destination (purpose, needs, etc.). As a category ofdesign, form is subjective a category. In artistic process, not only thefunction is born with the form, and its weave does not have a dichotomouscharacter, but the form itself becomes a value. Design, in essence,is not so much a means to the attainment of the objectives, but, by itsform (in its form), it carries the irreducible, supra-rational quality of objects– including those ‘spectacular’ qualities. This all allows us to claimthat the design emerges as a specific field, in relation to which not onlyideas of decorative arts, applied arts, utility or design but also industrialdesign are inadequate ideas. The concepts of autotelization and the mythof destiny introduced here allow to define design – the idea which definesit and the meaning of its existence.

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