There is an interesting article in Sunday edition of The Boston Globe newspaper about a mathematical theory of beauty in design - the claim is that you can determine what people will find beautiful in design artifacts (painting, buildings, furniture, ....) through a mathematical relationship of complexity and transformations.
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/02/22/beauty/?page=1 When I was a grad student working in social psychology I wrote a paper called "The calculus of dating" with graphs and regression equations. I based the paper on social exchange theory and balance theory. I applied the concept 20 years later and it helped me meet my wife :-) I'm going to the exhibit next weekend to get the exhibit brochure and will report on the math. Chauncey ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
