Desired Imperfection
In the 19th Century artists and designers were aware that life was full of suffering and hardship so their work was created with the intention to console and uplift, it was specific in the way of looking at something and seeing beauty in it where others perhaps wouldn’t notice, it wasn’t concealment but a way of shedding light into darkness. In comparison to today, artists still use the worlds suffering in their work but instead, some aim to disturb and provoke, it is most often chosen to highlight the subject, reflecting the world we are living in.
In regards to consumerism and mass production our culture today perhaps lacks appreciation for beauty but this may be due to the fact of its diminishing existence. Today our view of beauty is different, our appreciation of things has been taken over by profit. Items are considered beautiful because of monetary value rather than aesthetic beauty.
Beauty has a role in our everyday day life, we shape our surroundings based on this, perhaps our consumerist culture has led us to turn our back on what is truly beautiful and beneficial to us and our well-being, is being surrounded by beauty good for us mentally and spiritually, is our disconnection to nature and connection to technology causing us to lead lives that are not as beautiful as they should be and therefore art is portraying this lifestyle.
The notion that good and bad taste exists does not conclude with a standard of what is aesthetically pleasing, there are many views on what is truly beautiful and it cannot be categorised. Visual beauty can be altered once paired with an idea based around it and the same can be said for things initially being viewed as ugliness. Everything is essentially a consideration of aesthetics, but there's also an ethical argument to be considered.
The world we are living in is largely unoriginal, our way of living is to be connected to what surrounds us so if it is unnatural it is impersonal. We could be more acquainted with versions of ourselves than our true selves.
In an imperfect world, we will embrace the beauty of imperfect surroundings: surfaces that have aged, products that speak of handicrafts, and buildings that tend to the soul. The human-made will connect with the natural, while the raw will contrast with the refined. As travel evolves from seeing to being, spaces will be designed to be felt as well as lived in.
Instinctively, we reach out for attractive things, we are drawn to good design, and certain design patterns have universal appeal, Natural fractals are irregular and occur everywhere in nature, these patterns reflect true desire stored in our genetic memory, these patterns are also proven to reduce stress levels. To be surrounded by nature’s beautiful truth is not only visually illuminating but is dramatically good for our wellbeing. imperfection is actually our desired perfection