I believe that today design is a mixture art and science. They both need each other in order to have a balanced out design and without it the design would become focusing too much on how logic a design is. If only the science was put into consideration which can constrain and limit the abilities of a design.
I disagree with Meyer’s view of ‘function x economy’ I think that as the times change so does our demand for our design. No longer are materials fairly expensive and hard to get a hold of. No longer are designs made to just do its function while using the least amount of material as possible and as cheap as possible. In today’s world that is not enough to just have the function due to the fact that there are more resources and materials that can be spared to use for the function of a design. The design has to stand out to the consumer aesthetically to get their attention and add extra meaning to it otherwise even if it is true to its function it would not get a second glimpse with any aesthetics to it. For example with The Palm Islands which is an artificial archipelago in Dubai which can be seen from space. This goes far beyond the point of the function of an island but it is because of this unique aesthetic to it, it is so famous where if it was just an island it would still provide the same function but would not be as renown.
For a design to be successful I believe it must have the function (science) element in it as well as the aesthetic (art) side to it.
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