Abstract
The following work presents an alternative for generating innovative forms, which can be applied in product design. The most recurred idea representation and form generator in traditional design has been “sketch”. This technique provides a means to represent the abstract ideas a designer’s mind generates in a material world, which in turn generates new formal ideas. The ideas a designer generates are actual databases in the mental archive made through experiences obtained throughout his life. This methodology is limited by the designer's imagination, frequently presenting a repeating cycle, each time with less innovative elements. The morphologic approach is a method used as an alternative to solving the formal aspects of a product, incrementing in a considerable way innovation and creativity levels. This method is an exploration method based in biomimicry as well as the philosophy of “thinking with the hands”, that is, build based on the volumetric construction of forms, its analysis and its transformations.
Citation
Takeda, N. (2004) Morphologic Study of Laminates Obtained From Straight and Curved Folds, in Redmond, J., Durling, D. and de Bono, A (eds.), Futureground - DRS International Conference 2004, 17-21 November, Melbourne, Australia. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2004/researchpapers/204
Morphologic Study of Laminates Obtained From Straight and Curved Folds
The following work presents an alternative for generating innovative forms, which can be applied in product design. The most recurred idea representation and form generator in traditional design has been “sketch”. This technique provides a means to represent the abstract ideas a designer’s mind generates in a material world, which in turn generates new formal ideas. The ideas a designer generates are actual databases in the mental archive made through experiences obtained throughout his life. This methodology is limited by the designer's imagination, frequently presenting a repeating cycle, each time with less innovative elements. The morphologic approach is a method used as an alternative to solving the formal aspects of a product, incrementing in a considerable way innovation and creativity levels. This method is an exploration method based in biomimicry as well as the philosophy of “thinking with the hands”, that is, build based on the volumetric construction of forms, its analysis and its transformations.