When Meyer argued that ‘design [is] synonymous with man made
things and [is] a product of “function x economy” ’ in chapter 9 of ‘The “First
Machine Age” in Europe’ I felt like I disagreed. I then thought about the
statement more and realised that it has some truth to it. I now agree with
Meyer when he says that because many things that are around today are there in
the standard, and with the functions they have, to help us do things based on
the current economy and needs of the targeted audience.
I think design today can be both an art and a science. There
is no rule that design is there to make art and art only, or that design has to
be scientific. Design can contribute to both art and science. Take for example
the iPhone 4. I have mentioned it in another post previous to this but I think it
a good example of something that is well designed and looks nice, but could not
have been achieved without science.
References:
Figure 1, From Technorati website. Retireived from (http://scm-l3.technorati.com/11/06/01/44109/iphone4changeseverything1.jpg?t=20110601135413)
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