# Functional Beauty, Perception, and Aesthetic Judgements **Opening (not a real abstract):** Cognitively rich accounts of aesthetic appreciation, particularly in art, are popular among contemporary aestheticians. This fertile background has allowed a new resurgence of theories focused on a kind of beauty called ‘functional beauty’ (FB).1 Despite this renewed interest, concerns about functionality have been difficult to reconcile with the idea that the aesthetic value of an object is grounded in a form of disinterested perception. However, even in theoretical accounts, such as Kant’s analysis of beauty, which have been taken as cornerstones of formalist approaches to aesthetic appreciation and judgements, the concept of function does not disappear completely.2 Leaving aside historical accounts of the concept of FB, in this essay I will explore recent theories on the connection between beauty and function in relation to everyday functional objects. After **Authors:** [[Andrea Sauchelli]]