Structure and form in design
Hann, Michael.
Structure and form in design critical ideas for creative practice / [electronic resource] : Michael Hann. - London ; New York : Berg, 2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 180 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
Introduction -- The fundamentals and their role in design -- Underneath it all -- Tiling the plane without gap or overlap -- Symmetry, patterns and fractals -- The stepping stone of Fibonacci and the harmony of a line divided -- Polyhedra, spheres and domes -- Structures and form in three dimensions -- Variations on a theme: modularity, closest packing and partitioning -- Structural analysis in the decorative arts, design and architecture -- A designer's framework.
"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 underlying 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Electronic reproduction.
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access limited by licensing agreement.
9781474294058 (online)
Design--Methodology.
Design--Philosophy.
NK1505 / .H34 2012
745.4
Structure and form in design critical ideas for creative practice / [electronic resource] : Michael Hann. - London ; New York : Berg, 2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 180 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
Introduction -- The fundamentals and their role in design -- Underneath it all -- Tiling the plane without gap or overlap -- Symmetry, patterns and fractals -- The stepping stone of Fibonacci and the harmony of a line divided -- Polyhedra, spheres and domes -- Structures and form in three dimensions -- Variations on a theme: modularity, closest packing and partitioning -- Structural analysis in the decorative arts, design and architecture -- A designer's framework.
"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 underlying 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Electronic reproduction.
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access limited by licensing agreement.
9781474294058 (online)
Design--Methodology.
Design--Philosophy.
NK1505 / .H34 2012
745.4