Abstract
Everyday aesthetics emerged as an essential interdisciplinary field reframing the aesthetic experience of mundane objects, environment, and practices. Consumers’ well-being, perceptions, and purchase purposes depend not only on an object’s functionality but also on its aesthetic appearance in daily life. This review paper aims to critically synthesize the interdisciplinary literature on the aesthetics of everyday life in relation to consumer aesthetics and utilitarian objects, categorizing the thematic patterns, convergences, and divergences. This study brings together scholarly articles published from 1990 to 2025 to examine theoretical frameworks and key themes in the field. The current systematic review followed the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, incorporating empirical and theoretical studies on everyday aesthetics in relation to consumer aesthetics and daily-use objects. This study identified 158 articles, of which 44 met the inclusion criteria, retrieved from a comprehensive database search (Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar). Findings reveal recurring themes across philosophy, design, psychology, and consumer behaviour, including shapebased preferences, functional beauty, symbolic meaning, sustainability, and cultural context. Convergence was noted in the emphasis on form, usability, and emotional resonance, whereas divergence was observed in methodological approaches and in the management of cultural variation. This review highlights the scarcity of non-Western perspectives and underscores the necessity for longitudinal, multidisciplinary approaches. The study presents a consolidated framework for advancing consumer aesthetics research and supports design practice by repositioning ordinary objects as sites of both functional utility and aesthetic experience.
Keywords: Consumer Aesthetics, Daily Objects, Design Perception, Everyday Aesthetics, Functional Beauty.