Amazoniac
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Just a cool text about a detail in newer objects that reflects a change of mindset in development that approximate products to the smoothness or sharpness of natural forms, not somewhere in between as it has been for a long time as a result of the strictness and obsessiveness of control owa geometry or lack of perception that the objects are the ones that have to adapt to the user and environment, not the other way around.
A Periodic Table of Form: The secret language of surface and meaning in product design, by Gray Holland - Core77
"Functions and features [of everyday objects] most likely dominated the development process rather than ease of use and quality of experience. I would venture again that the user was not really put at the forefront because it is not easy to measure their experience, thus the "rational" mindset ends up driving development by functionality alone because it is simple to quantify. Also much of the "piling up" of Tangentially [literally] formed products today is directly proportional to the tools (solid modeling software) that designers and engineers are using to conceive and implement ideas. So development tools and marketing features are dictating customer experiences instead of the other way around."
"Remember that the Tangent category does not exist in nature in pure form: it is a mental construction from man's imagination; an abstraction of functional form designed to simplify the task of product development. Predating CAD, this geometric linear- and arc-based approach evolved out of the mental constructs of design technique, industrial fabrication, and reproduction of the objects of the 20th Century. It was the root of the Bauhaus ideal: the single language of "form following function." And while I have a deep affection for the pragmatism embodied in that phrase, I find it too limiting."
On a side note, and positives and negatives aside, it's often seen in underdeveloped countries, where there's less effort to control things, more irregular constructions, respecting natural boundaries and less strict/planned occupations: growing as allowed and needed. Seeming like a reverse process of erosion (someone send this one to Ray, so that he can upload to the art gallery).
The opposite is found in palaces almost everywhere. burtlan, if you read this, can you upload a picture of your humble residence?
A Periodic Table of Form: The secret language of surface and meaning in product design, by Gray Holland - Core77
"Functions and features [of everyday objects] most likely dominated the development process rather than ease of use and quality of experience. I would venture again that the user was not really put at the forefront because it is not easy to measure their experience, thus the "rational" mindset ends up driving development by functionality alone because it is simple to quantify. Also much of the "piling up" of Tangentially [literally] formed products today is directly proportional to the tools (solid modeling software) that designers and engineers are using to conceive and implement ideas. So development tools and marketing features are dictating customer experiences instead of the other way around."
"Remember that the Tangent category does not exist in nature in pure form: it is a mental construction from man's imagination; an abstraction of functional form designed to simplify the task of product development. Predating CAD, this geometric linear- and arc-based approach evolved out of the mental constructs of design technique, industrial fabrication, and reproduction of the objects of the 20th Century. It was the root of the Bauhaus ideal: the single language of "form following function." And while I have a deep affection for the pragmatism embodied in that phrase, I find it too limiting."
On a side note, and positives and negatives aside, it's often seen in underdeveloped countries, where there's less effort to control things, more irregular constructions, respecting natural boundaries and less strict/planned occupations: growing as allowed and needed. Seeming like a reverse process of erosion (someone send this one to Ray, so that he can upload to the art gallery).
The opposite is found in palaces almost everywhere. burtlan, if you read this, can you upload a picture of your humble residence?
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