Form is Function, Function is More

Form is Function

In design, especially in architecture and industrial design, form follows function. On the surface, the word might seems a little technical, but it is as simple as it gets.

So here, the function of a certain building for instance determines the form. The aesthetic form depends on the purpose of the building constructed. But the form is actually just part of the design. What people sees more is the function. What's the use of something if it just have the form but no function? so here, it is clear that function is more important than form.

from there, we can understand the meaning of Form is Function, Function is More.

Less Is More , More Is Less

Mr zul asked the all the students in the class to do a research based on the quotation 

" Less is More ; More is Less "

firstly, i'll start with less is more..

Less Is More is more to a minimalism concept. In other words it is all about simplicity in a
certain design. NOt just a simple design, but it also carries a message or it is very meaningful instead of having so much in a design which ends up understanding nothing, it is better to have a simple design that is understandable. It is a notion that simplicity and clarity lead to good design. So, in a successful design, when something is Less, it carries More message.

On the other hand, More Is Less;

in a design, when you put more effort in a design, the output will be less and less by deducting the unnecessary. how this works is that, when an effort such as research is done, we will find that not all things are supposed to be placed in the owrk. only certain and valuable information should be designed together.

honestly, about Less is More is more convincing to me rather than More is Less.

Le Modulor

Le Modulor 

Le Modulor is a mathematical proportions in the human body. is more to the scaling of a human. this existed so that when a body is drawn, everything will be proportionate to one another.

This comes useful to those who are involved in the architecture line, town planner and all those who construct structural designs such as a booth, a signboard, a car and everything that we can see. whatever they design, everything must be up to scale and proportionate to the human body. for instance, when you design a pen, you have to place a human beside it to show the ratio of the pen to human. this also applies to all the structural design in the world.

How i see this in environmental design is in the design of the bus stop and the exhibition booth. we compared the size of the booth with human to get a clear picture on the rough size of the booth.

Advertisement on Trains

today i saw some sort of train ( i don't know what is it called ) with a huge advertisement on it.. it looks interesting but sadly i was only able to see part of it..
so i find that actually advertising on trains is actually a good way of promotion. say for example i fully sees the advertisement that i missed earlier, it might have influenced me on something.

so here i made some research on advertising on trains..

 1. too small, and the writing on it is a lil hard too see.. the advertisement might be blocked by dividers or shrubs if you are on the other side of the street..

 2. interesting enough but the colour is a little out.. on your first glance, you can know that it is advertising is about food, but it need you to take a closer look and what kind of food it is advertising and promoting.

 3. very clear and message will be interpreted instantly and easily on first glance. if you can't get it on your first glance, might as well live on mars..

 4. it advertise itself. usually good for newly operating train system to let people know what is it called

 5. different part of train for different mood yet the same purpose and same advertisment. this shows that the product that they are advertising offers the buyer various style/purpose in a single object. the train will also look interesting as every part of it is different instead of the usual one that use the repetition method on every part.

6. this is what i call a healthy advertisment. a good and not selfish advertisement. it is a caring one! instead of advertising their own product, this advertisement is very general, it basically makes the viewer want to eat fruits which is healthy. it does not specify on where to buy the fruit or something, it is just plain fruit!

Precedent Studies - Bus Stop Advertisment

On most of the bus stop that exist in the world or what we've been seeing everyday, most of it surely consist of a company's advertisement, services or products. there are various ways of presenting the advertisement/services/products on a bus stop depending on your creativity.

if you are creative enough, your design will catch people's eye, and if your design is Great, it will catch people's eye and the viewer will fall for it! But if you failed in designing the advertisement, it gives no impact, basically just filling the white space, for me might as well leave it blank and it will look cleaner..

however, here are some pictures of bus stops that have advertisement on it, good or not, it's your call

Precedent Studies - Bus Stop

this is just a rough precedent studies that i've done on bus stops.. i've searched a few interesting designs of bus stops.. here are some pictures of it;

 1. this bus stop doesn't look like a bus stop. it looks like a place for you to have evening tea with your friends just that what it is missing is the table.. very interesting english design with the greens around it..

 2. a swing at a bus stop.. this can kill the time while you are waiting for your bus.. you would not feel bored..

 3. look very modern and futuristic, simple design with only 2 colours..

 4. This bus stop can actually make you miss your bus.. just that the problem is that the seat is a little to small and can't fit a lot people.. a bus stop for kids perhaps?

5. now i save the best for for the last.. i find this bus stop the most attractive. as you can see, it is a little higher than the ground, it has a platform, the way i covers also makes it interesting. the good thing about it being covered is that you won't get water splash and dirty air..

precedent Studies - Yusof Taiyoob

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