Form follows function, form meets function, form & function. It’s all about efficiency, simplicity & aesthetics.
Lamps that double as sculpture, sculpture that you can sit on, even a cool graphic that’s really a calendar. Probably the most ubiquitous example of form & function is the wristwatch. The rarest could be the 3 that doubles as an ampersand (sort of) in the latest AmperArt edition.
Form & function is everywhere: our clothing, a building (although some are so ugly they are merely functional, & some are so poorly built they don’t really function).
Another example of form & function is a beautifully decorated serving of food. How about some writing instruments? And of course my favorite, my Mickey Mouse coffee mug. Fun to look at & very functional.
chaz sez:
Movie Night
Perhaps you’ve guessed that movie inspired my “Form & Function” AmperArt piece.
Hi Chaz,
I love the way you melded the new year 2013 with the AmperArt!
I’ll have to watch The Fountainhead now.
Happy New Year!
Love & Joy~
Jeanette
Cool! Sounds like you’re expanding your artist awareness. Love your “Form & Function”
Glad to hear you like this one, Pat. I’m sure many people will consider it dull, flat, boring, institutional…just like the public was led to perceive the mid-century modern architecture in the movie “The Fountainhead.”
As for my artistic awareness, most of my friends think I find art in TOO many places. I’m always embarrassing them when I photograph a plate of food in a fine restaurant when I find a “food face” in it, or scare them out of their wits when I stare at images in clouds…while driving.