Bálint Veres

Bálint Veres has a PhD in aesthetics and is tenured Associate Professor and Head of DLA / PhD-in-practice Program at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, and holder of a prestigious teaching award (Apáczai Csere János-Award). He is President of the Hungarian Forum for Somaesthetics and member of the International Association for Aesthetics, International Society of Intermedia Studies and the European Network of Somaesthetics. In 2023, his book Somaesthetics and Design Culture, co-edited with Richard Shusterman, was published by Brill. He is the organiser of the international interdisciplinary conferences “Design Culture and Somaesthetics” (2019), “The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics” (2022) and “Designing Everyday Experience” (2023). Bálint pursued his studies with a parallel interest in humanities and music. In addition to graduating from Eötvös Loránd University, he studied music composition, piano, bassoon and singing. His professional fields of interest include contemporary aesthetics, somaesthetics, design culture theories, music, media, architecture and disability studies. In addition to his activities as a researcher and teacher, he has worked as a critic and artistic consultant at various institutions and as co-editor and curator at Arcus Temporum Art Festival of Pannonhalma (2005–14) and founder of MOME TransferLab (2012–19), an interdisciplinary workshop for social design and equal opportunities. Also founder of Aetmostudio at MOME, pursuing research and creation along an atmosphere-centered mindset.

Publications

(2025) - Fittedness of home. Sensorial and somatic dynamics in the era of IKEA homes The Journal of Somaesthetics 11: no. 1, pp. 124-140
(2024) - “The Somaesthetics of Rock Climbing” PARSE Journal 18
(2023) - “A World Is Born: Craftsmanship, Mediality, and the Somatic Implications of Plato’s Timaeus” In: Shusterman, Richard; Veres, Bálint (eds.) Somaesthetics and Design Culture. Leiden/Boston: Brill, pp. 23-49.
(2023) - Veres, Bálint and Richard Shusterman - “Introduction: Somaesthetics and Design Culture” In: Shusterman, Richard; Veres, Bálint (eds.) Somaesthetics and Design Culture. Leiden/Boston: Brill, pp. 1-20.
(2023) - Veres, Bálint and Richard Shusterman (eds.) 2023. Somaesthetics and Design Culture. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
(2023) - “Notes on the Aural Aspects of Built Environment”. Journal of Somaesthetics 8: 2, pp. 78-87.
(2022) - “Pragmatista esztétika, kritikai elmélet, popkultúra” MŰÚT
(2022) - “Pragmatism, Critical Theory, Pop Culture, and Fashion: Interview with Stefano Marino”. ZoneModa Journal 12: no 1, pp. 213-218.
(2021) - “Az építészeti tapasztalat akusztikai mozzanatairól” ÉPÍTÉSZFÓRUM
(2020) - “The Operatic Principle: Negotiating Contradictory Demands of Signification”. In: Sheinberg, Esti; Dougherty, William (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Music Signification. New York: Routledge, pp. 100-110.
(2019) - “Taktilis taktikák a kortárs kiállítási gyakorlatban” Disegno: A Designkultúra Folyóirata 4: 1-2, pp. 22-37.
(2019) - “Tactile tactics in 21st century cultural displays”. Pragmatism Today 10: 2, pp. 100-109.
(2019) - “Rethinking Aesthetics through Architecture?”. n: Richard, Shusterman (ed.) Aesthetic Experience and Somaesthetics. Leiden/Boston: Brill, pp. 87-100.
(2014) - “Újragondolhatjuk-e a művészeteket az építészet révén?” Disegno: A Designkultúra Folyóirata 1, pp. 78-95.