"Form should follow function"
"Form should follow function"
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"Form should follow function"
I have heard this for years. Anyone know who originated the phrase?
I have heard this for years. Anyone know who originated the phrase?
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The Wikipedia article was very interesting.
I followed the link on Victor Papanek, because I have read a couple of his books. In one of books, he discussed his $9 TV set. There were all sorts of explanations on how some third world type could build the cabinet of the TV using locally availble materials. No where did he explain how these natives were going to build the tube.
In one of his books, he did make a cute, smart-ass remark about tables that made you want to lie down on them and have your appendix taken out.
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The image was permanently burned into my brain - not the saying, just the image - of a babe in a bikini. Engineering has not been the same since.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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- Steve
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DB Steinman, eminent bridge designer and builder, had signature details that were unmistakable. He combined the stiffening truss into the suspension on a number of bridges.
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I would say Lotus is pretty function.
CDG, Civil Engineering specializing in Hillside Grading in the Los Angeles area
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I imagine the egotist who put this up liked fff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Point_Tower
Cheers
Greg Locock
I rarely exceed 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight
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Cheers
Greg Locock
I rarely exceed 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight
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Probably because they are cheaper to build than proper buildings even though they they won't last as long!
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As to the OP, a bit like "if it looks right it'll fly right" and yet there have been some very effective aircraft of questionable aesthetic appeal, and some very pretty failures.
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- Steve
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Maybe?
Cheers
Greg Locock
I rarely exceed 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight
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Perhaps it works for competition gliders.
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Greg Locock
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All of today's competition gliders/sailplanes look like they were stamped out with the same cookie cutter.
B.E.
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Once aesthetic or similar concerns come seriously into play, even if just in the sub conscious of those designing it, than the form may drift from the function.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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I think this is a case, where computers driven by Wortman, Eppler, and Ronz have taken the individualism out of the design, and customers will not accept the latest offerings from the manufacturers unless, the performance is at least a fraction of a gnat's anatomy better than the last offering.
Mind you, they do look graceful.
B.E.
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UEA's ziggurats are famous.....partly for nearly falling down (like the infamous Ronan Point collapse).
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- Steve