In my first week of studying industrial design in college one of my professors turned to the class, and while holding and pointing to a hammer, he said "form follows function." That was the first time ...

The mechanical engineers doing project work at a high-profile restaurant specified an air conditioner that needed to be installed 12 inches above the roofline due to its size, making it visible from ...

Do we choose things to be practical, or to be decorative? Is form more important than function? How much does form influence important decisions — like voting? Joan Leon is a local resident. She can ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Biologists long have known that both the appearance of organisms and their inner workings are shaped by evolution. But do the same genetic mechanisms underlie changes in form and ...

When I first saw the Sigma BF at a pop-up store in NYC, I was instantly blown away by the minimalist design and spartan controls. I wondered how a camera that emphasized form to this extent would ...