Structure and Form in Design: Critical Ideas for Creative Practice

Michael Hann

ISBN 10: 1847887422 / ISBN 13: 9781847887429

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

About this Item

2012. 0th Edition. Paperback. 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 various three-dimensional forms are also discussed. Num Pages: 200 pages, 228 bw & 19 colour illus. BIC Classification: AKC; AKP; AMC; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 492. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structure and Form in Design: Critical Ideas for Creative Practice
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847887422
• ISBN 13: 9781847887429
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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 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.