Form & Function

An introduction to the concepts of form & function in design, and a task to explore how they interact with items created to communicate the story of the holocaust for Design 11 at Charles P. Allen High School.

1. 11
Design

form&function

2. Function
,
istheessentialactthatanobjectprocess
..
orideashouldcarryout

Ahouseismeantasaspace
,
toliveinprotectingusfrom
.
theenvironment

3. :
Forexample acarshould
, ,
driveaforkshouldlifta
,
seatbeltshouldcontaina
,
spiritualideashouldinspire
etc

tomove

toinspire

tolift

4. Formisthe
,
waytheobjectprocessor

ideawasdesignedsothatit
.
wouldwork

5. Sometimes

formisnotasimportantas
.
thefunction

6. Sometimes

formisasimportantas
.
function

7. And
sometimes
.
formoverridesfunction

8. theformandfunctionrelationship
.
arepresentinmostthings

9. ,
EventhoughtheFormchangessome
( ).
thingsdoessentiallythesamejob function

10. , .
designisaffectedbytastefunction&materials

11. .
herearedesigndifferencesinonematerial

12. AnidealikePatriotismcanbecommunicated
. , .
throughvariationsofthesameDesign Functionisthesame formchanges

13. Designis

alsoavery

importantcomponentinthe
,
tellingofastoryespecially
.
history
( )
Thewaythathistoryfunction
( )
iscommunicatedformwill

impacthowweareaffectedby
.
it

14. ,
Weoftenthinkdesignrelatesonlytofashionor
, ,
coolobjectsbutinfactdesignrelatesto
.
everythingEventhedarkestpartsofourcollective
.
humanexperience
,
SinceRemembranceDayisverysoonwearegoing
2 .
tolookatWWthroughthelensofdesign

15. Itisanawful
...
story
, ,
ofdeathinhumanitycruelty
.
andheroismItisastoryof
.
theawfulpartsofourhistory

16. Thestoryis
,
thefunction

thewayinwhichthisstoryis

communicatedwithbe
.
consideredtheform

17. #1
Form

Maus
“
Thegraphicnovelasawholetook
.
thirteenyears tocomplete Itrecounts the
'
struggleofSpiegelmans fathertosurvivethe

HolocaustasaPolishJewanddrawslargelyon
.
hisrecollections ofhisexperiences”
-
Anontraditionalgraphic

stylenovelthatwonthe
.
PulizterPrize

18. #2
Form

Moviesbasedonthestoryof
.
theholocaust

19. #3
Form

Photographsdocumenting
.
thewarandtheholocaust

Cantheimagescommunicate
?
effectively

20. #4
Form

TheUnitedStatesHolocaust

MemorialMuseum

21. #5
Form

HolocaustPoetry
Holocaust
by Barbara Sonek
We played, we laughed
we were loved.
We were ripped from the arms of our
parents and thrown into the fire.
We were nothing more than children.
We had a future. We were going to be lawyers,
rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. We had
dreams, then we had no hope. We were taken
away in the dead of night like cattle in cars, no
air to breathe smothering, crying, starving,
dying. Separated from the world to be no more.
From the ashes, hear our plea. This atrocity to
mankind can not happen again. Remember us,
for we were the children whose dreams and
lives were stolen away.

22. #6
Form

Personalaccountsof
’
survivorsatYadVeshems

electronicHolocaust
Memorial