Structure and form in design : critical ideas for creative practice / Michael Hann.
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 d...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Berg,
2012.
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Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | xx, 180 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1847887430 9781847887436 1847887422 9781847887429 |