Form follows function is a principle associated with late 19th and early 20th century architecture and

industrial design in general, and it means the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its
intended function or purpose. To put it straight the function of a building or an object ultimately gives it
an intended form which aptly suits the function.

Relationship between form and function with respect to other fields:

Let's consider the fields of automobile and aviation,

Let's take a car and an airplane from their respective fields.

They both have different functions. A car is used for traveling on land while an airplane is used for
traveling in the air. Well we can clearly see the difference in their forms. So different functions gives rise
to different forms.

But firm isn’t merely an end product of the function of an object.

Let’s consider the same examples again.

Just take a look at some one of the world's earliest cars and airplanes.
They both function in the same ways as the modern ones do.

The older cars were used for traveling on the land as the modern ones do and same goes with the
airplane. The earlier versions were only built to perform a particular function caring less about the form
since a particular function definitely gives a form to the object. But in the later after realizing that the
form used in those machines is responsible for the decrease in their efficiency the designers and the
engineers decided to develop reliable design form for the vehicle. The result form was a streamlined
shape. It’s a shape that is pointed at the ends and broad in the middle. This type of shape decrease the
air resistance on the particular vehicle increasing its efficiency. This is due to improvisation in the
form/design.

So from the above illustrations it’s clear that “From of an object follows function” and simultaneously
the “Functionality of an object depends upon the form”.