Aesthetics & Ergonomics

Aesthetics are what makes people attracted to a product, the likes and dislikes may include; colour, pattern, style, texture ect. It’s not just about the visual but also other senses tell us what is aesthetically pleasing.

Colours collectively known as the spectrum, also appeal to us for different reasons. An experience may make the person like some colours compared to others or a colour could perhaps flatter their skin tone compared to other colours. 

Lines and pattern can also determine is a product is aesthetically pleasing; for example vertical lines can add height or elongate a personas body. Curved lines can soften an effect or add impact. 

Fashion is on a time period, so people’s opinions of what is aesthetically pleasing changes and can be easily altered.

Ergonomics is about the interaction of people and their personal environment.

By Abigail Stephenson
Photographs provided by fashion Capital.

For other articles in the learning about textiles technology, click below:

Part one: what are textiles?
Part two: The inspiration behind the ideas of design
Part three: drawing and modelling
Part four: planning
Part five: influences on design
Part six: fibres
Part seven: construction
Part eight: properties of fabrics
Part nine: care of fabrics
Part ten: components
Part eleven: disassembly
Part twelve: application of colour
Part thirteen: measuring and marketing
Part fourteen: assembly
Part fifteen: industrial production techniques
Part sixteen: systems in production
Part seventeen: aesthetics and ergonomics
Part eighteen: evaluation and quality
Part nineteen: marketing