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	Form follows function - ArticleWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Form follows function is one of the long-standing slogans of modern architecture.
		Until the mid-1980s, functional modernism was the biggest game in architecture not only because it had itself become a tradition, but also because the flatted down perception of its ideology fitted in with the politics and economics of the time.
		It is often argued that form follows function and ornament is crime are not as synonymous as they are perceived to be.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php/Form_follows_function (707 words)

	Form Follows WHAT? History and critique of the form follows function formula - by Jan Michl, Oslo \| Norway)
		The birth and childhood of the dictum form follows function
		Such functional forms (the functionalist designer would have argued) were the very opposite of formalist architecture of the historicist and eclectic architects, since that architecture was a result of disregard of the fact that formal solutions were congenital to functional problems.
		Functional forms (the functionalist designer would have maintained) were therefore creating a common visual language across a variety of boundaries, including the time-boundary: since such forms were not related to any fashion they could not go out of fashion either.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/2360/jm-eng.fff-hai.html (9770 words)

	An Introduction to Form and Function (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Form should be understood as that which fulfills a function; this is Aristotle's teleology - the principle of final causation.
		Subsequently Lloyd Wright asserted, "form and function are one".
		Following four days of integrative discussion, these papers will be transformed into final chapters over the ensuing months and there will be publication in a monograph on the Integration of Form and Function.
	discuss.santafe.edu /formandfunction/introduction (841 words)

	Form follows function - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 on its intended purpose.
		In the late 1910s the two principles of “form follows function” and “ornament is a crime” were effectively adopted by the designers of the Bauhaus and applied to the production of everyday objects like chairs, bedframes, toothbrushes, tunics, and teapots.
		Some of those forms were refined and purified to such an extreme degree that they became unusable by humans, but generally the Bauhaus still constructively influences the look, feel and function of consumer goods down to the present day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Form_follows_function (1262 words)

	Gary Dickson - Form Follows Function
		Our treasured theory of "Form Follows Function" was first penned countless eons ago by American architect Louis Sullivan in his article "the Tall Office Building Artistically Considered".
		The function is largely the challenge of a project.
		If the function of a design is solely that it needs to appeal to a specific group of people, then as the designer you had better do your research and keep that function in mind throughout the design process.
	www.graphic-design.com /DTG/dickson/form_follows_function.html (2232 words)

	American Chronicle: Form follows function? Actually, no. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		“Form follows function” was the war cry of people who wanted to build big boxes and boring typefaces, and they wanted us to pay for them and love them.
		But the people pushing “form follows function” actually seemed to want every sign to be in Helvetica, just as every building would be a rational box, and every life would be chopped down to the logical essentials...which brings us back to the totalitarian connection.
		As the title suggests, I sensed a totalitarian compulsion inside the endless repeating of “form follows fuction,” and the relentless shilling for objectivist and rationalist paradigms.
	www.americanchronicle.com /articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=13493 (1139 words)

	Function Follows Form \| Ask MetaFilter
		I suppose that "function follows form" could be applied to some buildings such as Peter Eisenmann's Wexner Center, which while innovative in concept, is famously poor for its "function," which is displaying art.
		It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function.
		I'd say the form is the size of the paper and the way they are packaged pre-stuck together in a neat stack and how there's only a strip of the adhesive on each sheet.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/48949 (2172 words)

	Online Spin » Blog Archive » Function Follows Form
		Form follows function is the gist of the functionalist philosophy of design.
		Form and function are more tightly in unison than ever before, but the artist’s role remains the same: wrestle with your chosen medium until your vision is realized.
		In nature function follows form of course - the lion is king of the jungle because of his form, and not the other way round - unless you’re a creationist and believe “The Maker” designs with the same inscience as man.
	blogs.mediapost.com /spin/?p=599 (1905 words)

	Form follows function......or does it? - FerrariChat.com
		If it were solely form follows function, then we wouldn't be debating about the difference between the headlights of the 360 vs 430 the shape of the "nostrils" or the side scoops of the 612.
		There are generally a lot of different forms that achieve similar effective functions (e.g., all the different shapes and sizes of openings in the bodies to allow cooling air through, etc).
		I think it is the role of design to express those different possible forms as an integrated whole that is balanced between function and appeal and in the case of Ferrari, even history.
	www.ferrarichat.com /forum/showthread.php?t=69914 (1834 words)

	» What Came First - Form Or Function? » fadtastic - a multi-author web design trends journal
		Form follows function, in fact, dictates that every function can have only one formal solution, and hence only one form.
		Form follows function tended to kill the contribution of art in designs.
		Form follows function?, actually no by Bruce Deitrick Price is one of the better ones I have come across.
	fadtastic.net /2006/10/12/what-came-first-form-or-function (2189 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - Form vs. Function: Finding the Balance
		The key is the success is a solid balance of form and function to deliver the envisioned idea and to generate the ideal user experience.
		Some designers spend years working to prefect the balance of form and function-it's often an evolving process that changes as the designer's experiences develop and change his or her outlook and attitude toward what is the "perfect" balance.
		Taking into consideration the balance of form and function only helps a designer to achieve his or her ultimate goal: the ideal user experience that conveys the intended message through the seamless form and function of the design.
	www.digital-web.com /articles/form_vs_function (1256 words)

	Form And Function Are One
		Form is predicated by function but, so far as poetic imagination can go with it without destruction, transcends it.
		I was struck by the assertion to the effect that mere "form follows function" is a password to sterility.
		His form was short which meant low ceilings would function for him, but gives us taller people panick attacks.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?FormAndFunctionAreOne (1557 words)

	Form follows Function
		The soccer club had some specific needs for the stadium, and so the form and the construction of it were depending on those needs.
		In that vision every building should follow the basic rule that form follows funtion.
		As a result of this it's also true that the constrution is determinating for the form.
	www.elinea.be /rsca/fff_uk.html (443 words)

	Form follows function
		Function was a key issue in this remodeling project.
		The Halls wanted to address the function of each space, the relationship between adjacent spaces and how their family moved through the home.
		The kitchen renovation and bathroom addition allowed the Halls to maximize storage space and improve the function of these individual areas.
	www.gmtoday.com /content/NSL/2005/January/44.asp (998 words)

	Form Follows Function - Events Quarterly
		Design serves a function ahead of its appeal as a form of art.
		You may have heard the phrase: "form follows function." Most designers follow this guide when creating their designs.
		Their design is ergonomically designed around man's functional needs, and its form stems from these needs.
	www.eventsquarterly.com /16e/23.php (292 words)

	Form Follows Function: Slingshot Product Development Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		First coined by the American architect, Louis Sullivan, at the end of the nineteenth century, the phrase "form follows function" has become a mantra for many product designers.
		The basic meaning of the phrase is that the appearance, shape, and method of use of the object (the form) should naturally be derived from the intended purpose (function) of the object.
		Some mistakenly believe that "form follows function" means one should engineer a product, then wrap a form around it; in the sense of this phrase, however, engineering is a part of 'form'.
	www.slingshotpdg.com /knowledgebase/form_follows_function.html (209 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - Form follows function
		The basic rule for any design is “Form follows function.” If an object has to perform a certain function, its design must support that function to the fullest extent possible.
		Function called for a main navigation at the top of the site, and maybe form could follow by adding a marker that showed which page the user was currently viewing.
		If the form of a Web site becomes a goal in itself, instead of a means to an end, the Web site will not work.
	www.digital-web.com /columns/keepitsimple/keepitsimple_2003-02.shtml (963 words)

	Form Follows Function » About
		I am motivated by the need for functional design through innovative design thinking and a unique problem solving approach.
		I strive for a high standard of technical brilliance and functional elegance.
		Form Follows Function is © 2005 Richard Stowey.
	www.formfollowsfunction.co.uk /index.php/about (207 words)

	FORM, FUNCTION, FOOLISHNESS - Why "Form Follows Function" is Fluff
		As the title suggests, I sensed a totalitarian compulsion inside the endless repeating of "form follows function," and the relentless shilling for objectivist and rationalist paradigms.
		The public part of the story was that younger architects wanted to dethrone older architects; "form follows function" and "less is more" were marketing
		No portion of this Web site may be reproduced or published elsewhere in print or digital media except for brief quotations with attribution and hyperlinks to the originating pages on this Web site.
	www.creativity-portal.com /articles/otoh/form.function.foolishness.html (1345 words)

	Form follows function - Wikipedia
		Der korrekte Titel dieses Artikels lautet „form follows function“.
		Die Form, die Gestaltung von Dingen soll sich dabei aus ihrer Funktion, ihrem Nutzungszweck ableiten.
		Ein dem FFF völlig gegensätzlicher Designansatz ist das so genannte Styling, bei dem die Wahl der Form ungeachtet funktionaler Anforderung getroffen wird.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Form_follows_function (428 words)

	When form follows function - industrial design Railway Age - Find Articles
		Twenty-five years after Brock Adams, President Jimmy Carter's Transportation Secretary, said those words, industrial and architectural design are regaining their prominence in the American passenger rail transportation landscape.
		Sculpture can be any form, since its function is purely to trigger a feeling or reaction.
		Design can do that as well, but the form should enhance the function of the product to which it is applied, whether it's a locomotive or a potato peeler.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_8_203/ai_90989673 (769 words)

	GlennFrazier.com: Form Follows Function
		For him, structural matters were secondary, leading him to produce buildings that were ever more elaborately encrusted with his signature ornament, much of it derived from flowers.
		According to wikipedia, the extremely well-known phrase "form follows function" was first coined by sculptor Horatio Greenough.
		It was only after Sullivan adopted it that it became a mainstream aphorism.
	glennfrazier.com /articles/2006/09/form_follows_function.php (313 words)

	Form and Function (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I know you’ve heard the phrase “Form follows function.” It’s a design perspective that indicates the connection between how something looks and how it gets used: the purpose of a thing is a primary consideration in its design.
		There may be lots of different car designs out there, but functionally, they are all far more similar than dissimilar.
		GROK is taken from the landmark novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein.
	www.grokdotcom.com /formfunction.htm (696 words)

	Sullivan's Tall Office Building Artistically Considered
		The practical horizontal and vertical division or office unit is naturally based on a room of comfortable area and height, and the size of this standard office room as naturally predetermines the standard structural unit, and, approximately, the size of window-openings.
		Of course the structural spacings and openings in the first or mercantile story are required to be the largest of all; those in the second or quasi-mercantile story are of a somewhat similar nature.
		It seems ever as though the life and the form were absolutely one and inseparable, so adequate is the sense of fulfillment.
	www.njit.edu /Library/archlib/pub-domain/sullivan-1896-tall-bldg.html (2393 words)

	Pagan News - Pagan News & Information
		My suspicion is that the priests/priestesses in question were only instructed in the form the ritual should take, and did not have the functions explained to them in detail.
		Like most functions in ritual, there is a visible and an invisible side to the Qabbalistic Cross (or QC for short).
		Although some of the methods used in executing the functions are different (and thus the outward form appears to differ somewhat), the underlying functions themselves remain basically the same.
	www.pagannews.com /cgi-bin/articles1.pl?170 (5654 words)

	RDH - Form follows Function
		Traditions are not inherently bad, but many behaviors and patterns tend to be followed day in and day out without any real thought as to why they exist or, more importantly, if they should still exist.
		Hygiene care must be viewed differently; function should not be dictated by the time frame form.
		The form of a hygiene appointment should be dictated by the function.
	rdh.pennnet.com /Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&ARTICLE_ID=263048&VERSION_NUM=2&p=56 (2297 words)

	Form follows function... or the store dies
		Ta-da is fantastic when it is deserved: when the store performs its function in transcendental fashion.
		That is the underlying concept of designing a store that follows the function of retail: making the customer feel welcome and included.
		It is what prompts shoppers to enter a store and buy whatever it is that is being sold, and it is the most important deciding factor in whether or not they come back again.
	www.djc.com /special/design97/10032223.htm (1122 words)

	Gulfandbay: Who says form follows function?
		The controls are refined but placed for running, with every function easily accessible.
		By the turn of the century the man who started building boats for duck hunting had moved to breaking speed records.
		He formed a partnership with a daredevil, John J. Ryan, to build a run-about that could hit a previously unimaginable speed of 33 mph.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/04/02/Gulfandbay/Who_says_form_follows.shtml (1019 words)

	FORM follows FUNCTION?
		Colleges increasingly seek out these stars for a variety of reasons, ranging from the ambition to create a campus building that is fresh, different and innovative, to the enhancement of name recognition and branding, to the need to increase fundraising, and most of all, because it's exciting.
		Many of these standalone gems are functioning works of art that often are singularly different from other buildings on campus.
		For some types of college and university activities, such a facility can be quite energizing.
	www.dlca.com /articles/form.htm (1530 words)

	Form follows function - Perspectives - Opinion - Technology - theage.com.au
		Form follows function - Perspectives - Opinion - Technology - theage.com.au
		SOA is not Software AG's invention - it is a piece of industry jargon that has been around for a couple of years, and describes a computer system built around the provision of business functions.
		Services don't depend on the underlying technology - it is what they do that is important, rather than how they do it.
	www.theage.com.au /news/perspectives/form-follows-function/2006/02/19/1140283945236.html (844 words)

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