Structure and Form in Design: Critical Ideas for Creative Practice - Hardcover

Hann, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847887430 ISBN 13: 9781847887436

Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Hann is Chair of Design Theory at the University of Leeds. He is Director of the University of Leeds International Textiles Archive. He is the author of seven design and textile books and has written extensively for numerous journals including the Journal of the Textile Institute and the Textiles Magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847887430
• ISBN 13: 9781847887436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200