“Aesthetics is a function”. I quote Francesco Pace (aka Tellurico), who in turn quotes the sociologist Bruno Latour.
We meet at Take care! Of your mind, body and environment, the exhibition that he curated for Isola Design District at Stecca03. A small collection of projects around the theme of 'taking care' that require an in-depth visit, listening to explanations.
Warning: not narration, but a leap into the meta-project or, to be clearer, in the sense and context in which the projects are born.
Aesthetics is a function
Therefore: aesthetics is a function. Surrounding ourselves with sensibly beautiful things, artistic or creative experiences, is an act of care for oneself and for others.
Not only Latour and Tellurico say it, but also a relatively recent discipline such as neuroaesthetics which, scientific data in hand, explains why frequenting and using beauty lengthens life.
Given this, perhaps it is more correct to ask where is the human species going, of which design is certainly an excellent material synthesis.