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There's actually a lot to study backed by quantitive evidence. Your business will suffer if you only focus on the function and fail to consider form. Do you t
by nemo44x 11y ago
There's actually a lot to study backed by quantitive evidence. Your business will suffer if you only focus on the function and fail to consider form.
Do you think the Tesla Model S would have been a success had it the same design and form as previous attempts at an EV? The function of the car was far superior, obviously but the form was as well.
Both of these elements matter and if you only have 1 or the other, you lose.
- tsotha 11y agoThe Tesla styling doesn't interfere with the function of the car, and if it did the car wouldn't sell. I'm not saying the form has no importance at all. It's just that you don't sacrifice function for form.
- nemo44x 11y agoI think that's the entire point of "they're one". You're not working with a finite amount of status points here. Giving to one does not take away from the other and if it is then you're doing it wrong. The idea is that the form does in fact matter. A lot. But form at the expense of function would be function follows form which, although a philosophy, is probably suboptimal. What I'm trying to say is you don't say "lets make it work" and think of the form as an afterthought - as a "nice to have". We need to make it work and make it beautiful. Both are important and comprise the essence of what we are trying to build. Otherwise what's the point?