Structure and form in design : critical ideas for creative practice 1st ed.

Author

• Hann, Michael

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781474294058

Series

Subject(s)

• DESIGN-METHODOLOGY
• DESIGN-PHILOSOPHY
• INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index

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Abstract

This book provides a critical examination of structure and form in design, covering a range of topics of great value to students and practitioners engaged in any of the specialist decorative arts and design disciplines. The complexities of two-dimensional phenomena are explained and illustrated in detail, while various three-dimensional forms are also discussed.

In the context of the decorative arts and design, structure is the under lying framework, and form the resultant, visible, two- or three-dimensional outcome of the creative process. Whether hidden or visually detectable in the final design, structure invariably determines whether or not a design is successful in terms of both its aesthetics and its practical performance.

Hann successfully identifies various geometric concepts, and presents and discusses a number of simple guidelines to assist the creative endeavours of both accomplished and student practitioners, teachers and researchers.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xx, 180 p.) :

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill. (some col.)

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
1. Introduction 1–6
2. The fundamentals and their role in design 7–31
3. Underneath it all 32–48
4. Tiling the plane without gap or overlap 49–71
5. Symmetry, patterns and fractals 72–105
6. The stepping stones of Fibonacci and the harmony of a line divided 106–114
7. Polyhedra, spheres and domes 115–128
8. Structure and form in three dimensions 129–143
9. Variations on a theme: modularity, closest packing and partitioning 144–152
10. Structural analysis in the decorative arts, design and architecture 153–160
11. A designer’s framework 161–162
Back matter

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