Setting the Stage

Disgust as an Aesthetic Food Experience

Journal article (2022)

Authors

M. Lemke Design Aesthetics -

Bas de Boer Universiteit Utrecht, University of Twente

Research Group

Design Aesthetics () (TU Delft)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00689

Aesthetics Food design Disgust Staging techniques

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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Design Aesthetics

Abstract

Disgust is commonly understood as an emotion of aversion. However, people seem to eat certain food items not despite containing disgust eliciting features but because of them. In this paper, we introduce the term aesthetic disgust to capture this phenomenon. We outline in our manuscript how designers use different techniques to stage the food experience and facilitate aesthetic disgust, which can be understood as more than just a pleasurable experience. We outline twelve staging techniques used in the context of food design to facilitate a distancing or embracing effect regarding the disgust eliciting features. Three food examples illustrate how these different techniques can be combined and applied in design practice.

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