Essays
2ND YEAR BELOW
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Essay for 11:30am Industrial design lecture
Submission Deadline: 1st April 2009, 4pm
Length: 2000 words
The role of function in determining form has varied significantly in industrial design throughout the 20th century.
Analyse and discuss your final solution for the "Opening Doors" project in relation to its intended functions and the degree to which these have determined overall form and detailing. What additional considerations have had an impact and how influential were these? (Please include a detailed description and a clear illustration of your final design solution.)
From Your perspective as a practitioner, explain your own position on functionalism as a design approach today with reference to its historical/theoretical context. To what degree is this position reflected in your final solution for the "Opening Doors" project?
