glossary

Form follows fun is a twist on Louis Sullivan's famous architectural principle "form follows function," which means that the design and structure of something should primarily relate to its intended purpose or use.

More-than-human Design

Negative/white space

Restaurant Poggi Club

Bel Air, Shire (Memphis)

Carlton, Sotsass (Memphis)

Der Spiegel building, Verner Panton

Visiona II, Verner Panton

Verner Panton is a Danisch architect and one of the most important funiture designers of the 1960s. His futuristic and colorful designs represented the the pop culture in that era. He designed entire environments that give you an immersive experience.

Memphis is a design group founded in Milan by Ettore Sotsass. They created designs that seperated objects from their purposes. As Sotsass said: "A table may have four legs to function, but no one can tell me that the four legs have to look the same".
Memphis was a group of young designers from all around the world rejecting the modernist vision for simplicity and purification.

In contrast, form follows fun suggests that the design’s shape or form is inspired by the idea of joy, playfulness and enjoyment. This way of designing focuses more on creativity and making people happy than just being practical. It helps make spaces or things that are not only useful but also lively and enjoyable.

Design is more than human needs. It shows that everything has agency: animals, rivers, plants, technologies humans and so much more. They all have their own roles and impact in this society. This approach challenges traditional human-centered design by seeing design as part of a complex web of relationships. It invites designers to think about how their work affects not just people but entire ecosystems. More-than-human design goes beyond the individual and focusses on the interaction between humans and non-humans

Excinere, Formafantasma

Cambio, Formafantasma

Formafantasma is an Italian design duo, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, that approach design through research and environmental consciousness. They explore with sustainability, materials, craftmanship and cultural heritage. They handle a hollistic view that respects the wellbeing of the planet.

Tea Garden, Washington Park

The Kashintei Tea House

Wabi-Sabi gardens are designed to cellebrate the beauty of imperfection and the natural cycle of growth and decay. It allows nature to take control. There are no strict paths, plants grow naturally, stones and moss take a prominent place in the gardens.

Creating compositions by bringing together diverse, often unrelated elements to form a new whole. It involves collecting different materials, objects or concepts and assembling them in a way that creates new meanings and relationships.
This way you don't focus on single materials and forms, but on complex layers that offer richer experience.