Structure and form in design : critical ideas for creative practice /

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 the decorative arts and design disciplines. The complexities of two-dimensional phenomena are explained and illustrated in detail, while vario...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hann, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Subjects:
Design > Methodology.
Design > Philosophy.
Design > Méthodologie.
Design > Philosophie.
Graphic design.
Product design.
Technical design.
Fashion & textiles: design.
Architectural structure & design.
Design > Graphic Arts > General.
Design > Product.
Technology & Engineering > Industrial Design > Product.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The fundamentals and their role in design
  • Underneath it all
  • Tiling the plane without gap or overlap
  • Symmetry, patterns and fractals
  • The stepping stone of Fibonacci and the harmony of a line divided
  • Polyhedra, spheres and domes
  • Structures and form in three dimensions
  • Variations on a theme: modularity, closest packing and partitioning
  • Structural analysis in the decorative arts, design and architecture
  • A designer's framework.

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