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.