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 ...
American architect Louis Sullivan, the father of modernism, is widely credited with the key axiom of 20th century modern architecture: “Form follows function.” That adage is also vital to data center ...
When form follows function architecture...offers no more than is asked of it,” architect Ole Scheeren said during Fortune Brainstorm Design on Dec. 2.
The utopian image of productive, social employees that open office once conjured has not met expectations. While the elimination of private offices in favor of communal workstations has cut costs, in ...
“When did it start? It really started in my head a long, long time ago.” So says Emily G. Hanna about when the idea came to her for the new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum. To hear her ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Design Haus Medy Over the past decade, the ...
The perfect form factor doesn’t exist and it never will. It’s true, these devices look better and do more than they used to. The high-end multi-function cell phone has more processing power these days ...
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 ...
The adage “form follows function” has been embraced by the speaker-design community here at the CEDIA Expo, where multiple suppliers plan to launch their first speakers designed for placement next to ...
Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, ...
Sean Gallagher, who began his career as an IT project manager for the Navy, has spent two decades as a technology writer and reviewer. Many applications demand horsepower beyond that which the typical ...