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Do they have to be mutually exclusive? The goal of design should be to solve a problem as elegantly as possible given the parameters of the problem and the tool
by sbuk 6y ago
Do they have to be mutually exclusive? The goal of design should be to solve a problem as elegantly as possible given the parameters of the problem and the tools/materials available. There is no reason a solution to a problem cannot be both practical and aesthetically pleasing.
- KarimDaghari 6y agoIn my opinion, I don’t think they should. The way I see it however is that if an object’s design is calculated in percentages: utility/practical/functionality should represent 80% of it, and aesthetics the remaining 20% (tngt: pareto’s law)