The Evolution of Useful Things A Book by Henry Petroski Here, then, is the central idea: the form of made things is always subject to change in response to their real or perceived shortcomings, their failures to function properly. This principle governs all invention, innovation, ingenuity. Spike and sponShaped and reshapedForm follows failureTheir wrongness is somehow more immediateA small corner of the world of things+23 More The evolution of devices formfunctioninventionprogressfailure
Form follows function A Quote by Louis Sullivan en.wikipedia.org 205. Structure Follows Social SpacesClassical absurdityThe element becomes a signThe requirements of economyAgainst form follows functionThe minimum conditionForm follows failureThe usages of life formfunctiondesignarchitecture