In my first week of studying industrial design in college one of my professors turned to the class, and while holding and pointing to a hammer, he said “form follows function.” That was the first time ...

So wrote the renowned architect Louis Sullivan over a century ago. But oh, how he might regret coining that phrase today. Time and again, it's been invoked to justify design that's the furthest thing ...

According to Wikipedia, “form follows function is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or object ...

Electronic components are strictly functional objects: their appearance is determined by the function they’re meant to fulfil. But that doesn’t mean there’s no beauty in them. In fact, a whole ...

If you think that “Memphis” is only a place name, think again. Memphis is also a movement. In the early 1980s, a group of Italian designers were bored with the mantras of modernism—“form follows ...

Only time will reveal whether destination architecture truly accomplishes its purpose: to attract an audience, stimulate development, and revitalize a dying district or neighborhood. The modern age of ...

In my first week of studying industrial design in college one of my professors turned to the class, and while holding and pointing to a hammer, he said "form follows function." That was the first time ...