A Quote by Carl Magnusson
Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content.
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Good design is not about form following function. It is function with cultural content. By adding "cultural content" to the concept of "form follows function," objects cease to be finite or predictable. Maybe the right way to interpret the dictum is to first acknowledge that the function needs to be clearly understood before the form is considered.
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Certain issues in philosophy of science (having to do with observation and the definition of a theory's empirical import) had beenmisconstrued as issues in philosophy of logic and of language. With respect to modality, I hold the exact opposite: important philosophical problems concerning language have been misconstrued as relating to the content of science and the nature of the world. This is not at all new, but is the traditional nominalist line.
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My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine."
Function is fundamental to design, of course. If something doesn't work, it's a bad product, and I certainly get frustrated by things that aren't functional. But there has to be more than function. A house has to function, but if that's all it does, you don't love it.
Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.
