Saturday, December 20, 2008

Form follows function

Its really shocking that educated people at this era thinks "Form follows function" is gibberish. I'm not saying that I understand all of it but at least I'm not dumb enough to say that its gibberish and have the curiosity to learn about it.

Just in case you don't know what that means -
"Form follows function is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design in the 20th Century, which states that the shape of a building or object should be predicated by or based upon its intended function or purpose."

Anyway it's been used worldwide, from designing a simple website to a complex space shuttle. Before building something doesn't matter what it is, it can even be a paper plane, you have to know the function or purpose of the entity. Its not rocket science is it? If you fail to understand the purpose of the entity you are building, the entity is ought to be a complete failure at the end of the day.

Between the purpose of a paper plane is to glide when you release it from your hand, the more it glides the better your design is. Just in case some of you don't have enough brain power to figure that out.

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