Form follows function is a principle associated with modernist architecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.
Origins of the phrase
The American architect, Louis Sullivan coined the phrase, although the authorship of the phrase is often, though wrongly, ascribed to the American sculptor Horatio Greenough, whose thinking to a large extent predates the later functionalist approach to architecture. Greenough's writings were for a long time largely forgotten, and were rediscovered only in the 1930s; in 1947 a selection of his essays was published under the title Form and Function: Remarks on Art by Horatio Greenough.
The American architect, Louis Sullivan, Greenough's much younger compatriot, who admired rationalist thinkers like Greenough, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman and Melville, coined the phrase in his article The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered in 1896 (some fifty years after Greenough's death), though Sullivan later attributed the core idea to Marcus Vitruvius Pollio the Roman architect, engineer and author who first asserted in his book De architectura that a structure must exhibit the three qualities of firmitas, utilitas, venustas – that is, it must be solid, useful, beautiful. Here Sullivan actually said "form ever follows function", but the simpler (and less emphatic) phrase is the one usually remembered. For Sullivan this was distilled wisdom, an aesthetic credo, the single "rule that shall permit of no exception". The full quote is thus:
Form follows Function | 5 examples in Product Design
This video shows 5 examples of "Form follows function" in product design. It looks at the smallest of products to a large scale architecture building. The examples mentioned are: Viss spiral eraser, Well watering can by Menu, Supoon spoon by Dreamfarm and Guggenheim museum by Frank Llyod Wright.
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Form Follows Function: Tips to Improve Your Product Designs
Form follows function. This quote is all about designing for your user. You must understand what your user needs to be successful in whatever task you are helping them with. Product and industrial design is all about balancing the needs of your user with constraints around manufacturing, cost, and deadlines. This video has tips that will help you to strategically design your products in a way that is deliberate and strategic...so that your forms follow your products' function.
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Form Follows Function... explained in product design
This video talks about Form follows function in industrial design | product design. It gives an explanation of what it means, why it's important and how to know if it's been achieved. We look at the example of form follows function in the japanese nail polish product Gofun nail by Ueba Esou. I should also mention it's 100% organic so you can take off with alcohol.
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W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
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FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
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This video shows 5 examples of "Form follows function" in product design. It looks at the smallest of products to a large scale architecture building. The examp...
This video shows 5 examples of "Form follows function" in product design. It looks at the smallest of products to a large scale architecture building. The examples mentioned are: Viss spiral eraser, Well watering can by Menu, Supoon spoon by Dreamfarm and Guggenheim museum by Frank Llyod Wright.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
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Form follows function example in industrial design
This video shows 5 examples of "Form follows function" in product design. It looks at the smallest of products to a large scale architecture building. The examples mentioned are: Viss spiral eraser, Well watering can by Menu, Supoon spoon by Dreamfarm and Guggenheim museum by Frank Llyod Wright.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
https://youtu.be/IiPHL0L2Vh8
HOW A DESIGNER LOOKS AT A PRODUCT | product analysis of Pulp storage
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Form follows function example in industrial design
Form follows function. This quote is all about designing for your user. You must understand what your user needs to be successful in whatever task you are helpi...
Form follows function. This quote is all about designing for your user. You must understand what your user needs to be successful in whatever task you are helping them with. Product and industrial design is all about balancing the needs of your user with constraints around manufacturing, cost, and deadlines. This video has tips that will help you to strategically design your products in a way that is deliberate and strategic...so that your forms follow your products' function.
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John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.
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Form follows function. This quote is all about designing for your user. You must understand what your user needs to be successful in whatever task you are helping them with. Product and industrial design is all about balancing the needs of your user with constraints around manufacturing, cost, and deadlines. This video has tips that will help you to strategically design your products in a way that is deliberate and strategic...so that your forms follow your products' function.
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John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.
B-roll footage courtesy of wired and google hardware team.
Learn design with Doug Patt at his live virtual webcam studio. http://howtoarchitect.com/designstudio
Learn where the phrase form follows function came from an...
Learn design with Doug Patt at his live virtual webcam studio. http://howtoarchitect.com/designstudio
Learn where the phrase form follows function came from and how it became a precedent that changed architecture forever.
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This video talks about Form follows function in industrial design | product design. It gives an explanation of what it means, why it's important and how to know...
This video talks about Form follows function in industrial design | product design. It gives an explanation of what it means, why it's important and how to know if it's been achieved. We look at the example of form follows function in the japanese nail polish product Gofun nail by Ueba Esou. I should also mention it's 100% organic so you can take off with alcohol.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
____
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
https://youtu.be/IiPHL0L2Vh8
HOW A DESIGNER LOOKS AT A PRODUCT | product analysis of Pulp storage
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Form follows function example in industrial design
This video talks about Form follows function in industrial design | product design. It gives an explanation of what it means, why it's important and how to know if it's been achieved. We look at the example of form follows function in the japanese nail polish product Gofun nail by Ueba Esou. I should also mention it's 100% organic so you can take off with alcohol.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
____
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
https://youtu.be/IiPHL0L2Vh8
HOW A DESIGNER LOOKS AT A PRODUCT | product analysis of Pulp storage
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Form follows function, form follows function example, form follows function example product design, industrial design
Form follows function example in industrial design
This video shows 5 examples of "Form follows function" in product design. It looks at the smallest of products to a large scale architecture building. The examples mentioned are: Viss spiral eraser, Well watering can by Menu, Supoon spoon by Dreamfarm and Guggenheim museum by Frank Llyod Wright.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
https://youtu.be/IiPHL0L2Vh8
HOW A DESIGNER LOOKS AT A PRODUCT | product analysis of Pulp storage
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Form follows function, form follows function example, form follows function example product design, industrial design
Form follows function example in industrial design
Form follows function. This quote is all about designing for your user. You must understand what your user needs to be successful in whatever task you are helping them with. Product and industrial design is all about balancing the needs of your user with constraints around manufacturing, cost, and deadlines. This video has tips that will help you to strategically design your products in a way that is deliberate and strategic...so that your forms follow your products' function.
Want to learn more about design principles? Enroll in my online industrial design course, Form Fundamentals. https://bit.ly/335vsqO .
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Want to learn more about my work? Check out my portfolio: https://www.studioello.com
Want to work with me on a design project? Contact me here: https://www.studioello.com/about-1
John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.
B-roll footage courtesy of wired and google hardware team.
Learn design with Doug Patt at his live virtual webcam studio. http://howtoarchitect.com/designstudio
Learn where the phrase form follows function came from and how it became a precedent that changed architecture forever.
Form Follows Function Complete Presentation
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This video talks about Form follows function in industrial design | product design. It gives an explanation of what it means, why it's important and how to know if it's been achieved. We look at the example of form follows function in the japanese nail polish product Gofun nail by Ueba Esou. I should also mention it's 100% organic so you can take off with alcohol.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
____
W H A T T O W A T C H N E X T:
GOOD DESIGN - ONE concept that can make all the difference
https://youtu.be/lBVjcn0uiuQ
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - an example in Industrial Design
https://youtu.be/IiPHL0L2Vh8
HOW A DESIGNER LOOKS AT A PRODUCT | product analysis of Pulp storage
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Form follows function example in industrial design
Form follows function is a principle associated with modernist architecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.
Origins of the phrase
The American architect, Louis Sullivan coined the phrase, although the authorship of the phrase is often, though wrongly, ascribed to the American sculptor Horatio Greenough, whose thinking to a large extent predates the later functionalist approach to architecture. Greenough's writings were for a long time largely forgotten, and were rediscovered only in the 1930s; in 1947 a selection of his essays was published under the title Form and Function: Remarks on Art by Horatio Greenough.
The American architect, Louis Sullivan, Greenough's much younger compatriot, who admired rationalist thinkers like Greenough, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman and Melville, coined the phrase in his article The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered in 1896 (some fifty years after Greenough's death), though Sullivan later attributed the core idea to Marcus Vitruvius Pollio the Roman architect, engineer and author who first asserted in his book De architectura that a structure must exhibit the three qualities of firmitas, utilitas, venustas – that is, it must be solid, useful, beautiful. Here Sullivan actually said "form ever follows function", but the simpler (and less emphatic) phrase is the one usually remembered. For Sullivan this was distilled wisdom, an aesthetic credo, the single "rule that shall permit of no exception". The full quote is thus: