form or function?
Which one is important form or function? Should form have to follow function?
Form does always follow function, even if the function is not obvious. Every object has a purpose it was made for, from perfoming a task to even just providing aesthetics. I can't think of a single thing that has form WITHOUT a reason. People have legs to walk, mosquitos have needle-like mouths, air has the specific elements that living beings need to breath to survive. This may be a simplistic answer, but I believe it is true.
In many cases, it's an artificial distinction. Sometimes form spectacularly doesn't follow the obvious function--take for example the Oscar Mayer wienermobile--clearly, the shape of a hot-dog is not the most efficient to fulfill the ostensible automotive function. (That thing's got to be a bear to get into a tight parking place. . . :-) )
In reality, though, the form is following a 'meta-function'--in this case, the function of advertising for Oscar Meyer. In that regard, it's highly effective, as the fact that it popped into my head as an example testifies!
(Even more so, if you find yourself getting hungry right about now. . .)
For me it's function as from this follows the form. I am a firm believer that things should have a function and purpose and then follws the form.
Form = order, creativity
Function = practicality
It's relative.
Form Follows Function is an internet based onto which I convey my observations.
source:desktoppub
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