TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hann,Michael
TI  - Structure and form in design: critical ideas for creative practice 
SN  - 1847887430
AV  - NK1505 .H366 2012
U1  - 745.4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Berg
KW  - Design
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; The fundamentals and their role in design --; 3; Underneath it all --; 4; Tiling the plane without gap or overlap --; 5; Symmetry, patterns and fractals --; 6; The stepping stones of Fibonacci and the harmony of a line divided --; 7; Polyhedra, spheres and domes --; 8; Structure and form in three dimensions --; 9; Variations on a theme : modularity, closest packing and partitioning --; 10; Structural analysis in the decorative arts, design and architecture --; 11; A designer's framework
N2  - 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
ER  -