ENT 334E - Design and Form

Course Objectives

1. To realize that form in design is not a goal but is a tool,
2. To teach form that enables easy, safe and economic use by practice, experiment and comparison,
3. To introduce form and the environment by questioning seeing, perception, thinking and communication.

Course Description

Definition of form in design, Form-User Relation, Form-Function Relation, Form-Structure Relation, Form-Materials Relation, Form-Details Relation, Form-Finish Relation, Designer's Investigation of the Context: Seeing, Perceiving, Thinking, Comparing, Sources of the Form Transformation, Nature, Objects, Technology, Human moves and Habits, Design Trends.