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Form Follows Function

Frank Lloyd Wright argues that form and function should not be separate, as is commonly misunderstood, but rather united in a spiritual union. An example of form following function is how the design of an electric fan could borrow from the traditional Japanese fan form, with a plastic body in the expanded fan shape and a central motor, so the fan's form reflects and reinforces its functional purpose.

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Form Follows Function

Frank Lloyd Wright argues that form and function should not be separate, as is commonly misunderstood, but rather united in a spiritual union. An example of form following function is how the design of an electric fan could borrow from the traditional Japanese fan form, with a plastic body in the expanded fan shape and a central motor, so the fan's form reflects and reinforces its functional purpose.

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Form follows function - that has been misunderstood.

Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual


union.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Form Follow Function

The simplest way to explain this is to provide an example.

Imagine that you have a client who wants you to design an electric fan.  The form
should follow the function in the sense that the form of the product speaks about it's
function.  The form of the traditional Japanese fan is a common visual icon.  The
form of the electric fan design could be borrowed from the form of the traditional
fan.  The fan could be made of plastic in the form of an expanded Japanese fan with
the fan motor in the center.  Thus, form follows function.

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