Abstract The article conceptualizes the ontology and aesthetics of digital objects. In the context of the article, digital objects are defined as designed objects that incorporate and employ digital technology. They include such products as smartphones, tablet computers and smart speakers, among others. The main point made in the article is that digital technology is changing object design. Digitization has created a new ontological constitution of objects that are simultaneously material and digital and whose function often relies on their connection to other objects via wireless technologies. Building upon this point, the article proposes a concept of post-material aesthetics which comprehends the ontological constitution of digital objects in relation to materiality, function and conceptual values. Employing the concept of post-material aesthetics, the article investigates how digital objects, in their particular constitution, impose new conditions for framing human experience.

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材料后美学：数字对象的概念化

摘要本文将数字对象的本体和美学概念化。在本文的上下文中，数字对象定义为结合并采用数字技术的设计对象。其中包括智能手机，平板电脑和智能扬声器等产品。本文的主要观点是数字技术正在改变对象设计。数字化创造了一种新的物体本体结构，这些物体同时具有物质性和数字性，其功能通常取决于它们通过无线技术与其他物体的连接。在此基础上，本文提出了一种后材料美学的概念，该概念理解了数字对象在实体性，功能和概念价值方面的本体结构。