Hi.
I suggest you have a look at:
Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual
Relationships
by Gail Greet Hannah
Rowena Reed developed a language for talking about abstract shapes and
their relations which is great and necessary for design work. The book
gives accounts for some of that.
This is somewhat related to the suggestions of Cheryl Akner Koler's
thesis and the Core 77 page by Gray Holland.
cheers,
Bosse
3 jul 2009 kl. 04.11 skrev Alireza Ajdari:
> Dear List members
>
> We have in Iran a bachelor course for Industrial Design Students
> named under title "Form & Space" , maybe equal to form studies in
> other countries , where students learn how to deal with form and
> it's relation to space. The key items
> for study are :
>
> a. Structure of Form
> b. Shaping and Formation of Form based on Specific Function
> c. Internal and External Functional Relation.
> d. Spatial Relation of Form in Stability and in Motion
> e. Analysis of Forms of a Whole Set ( with each other and in
> relation to their surrounding space whether natural or artificial)
>
> Could you please introduce some resources which could support these
> key items?
>
> To open the discussion, I remember when I was in Delft I could
> recognize two groups working simultaneously on Form Studies: One
> group based on perception of form based on Affordance Theory, which
> was originated by Gerda Smets and the other trying to translate the
> term space as context and even linguistic Context
> ,in comparison to the term space as we described before.
>
> In Italy , I mean Politecnico di Milano , I can find that two
> publications which are somehow related , one is old and the other
> newer.
>
> Arnaboldi , Mario & Enrico Garbagnati (1971): Genesi della Forma.
> Padova: 1971.
>
> Hachen, Massimo (2007): Scienza della visione : spazio e Gestalt,
> design e comunicazione . Milano: Apogeo.
>
> Unfortunately both of them are in Italian. While the former could
> cover some key items, the latter is nearer to a Design course which
> we call, Foundations of Figurative Arts, more related to elements
> and principles of mostly 2D forms perception based on Gestalt
> Principles.
>
>
> Sorry for long post, I wish I could open up a fruitful discussion.
> If needed , I would be happy to share my own experiences about these
> items.
>
>
> Best wishes
> Alireza Ajdari
>
> --
> Alireza Ajdari, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor in Industrial Design,
> Department of Industrial Design,
> University of Tehran ,Iran.
> Cell : +98 936 046 7986
> Tel : +98 21 66415867
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