Design concepts in architecture: the porosity paradigm Sotirios D. Kotsopoulos 129 Franklin Street‚ # 203‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139‚ USA; e-mail: skots@alum.mit.edu Abstract: Presented is a paradigm of how a design concept can be converted into a system of production rules to generate designs. The rules are expressed by the means of shape grammar formalism. The paradigm demonstrates how porosity a concept transferred from biology‚ medicine and organic chemistry was implemented by architect
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The importance of good logo design By Paul Turner Logo design is everywhere. It is the key element for any company’s corporate identity. It is important that as a company they ensure that the logo that is representing them is effectively designed so that people can easily identify and relate the logo to the company. If a logo is poorly designed‚ it can have a negative effect on the company it is speaking for. Bad logo design is one of the main causes of new business’ failing every year because
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How a Professional Logo Design Adds Value to Your Business Owning a business is not an easy task. There’s a lot of sweat and hardwork behind every successful company. One thing that is common for every successful company is the quality of their logo. Whenever companies are mentioned in newspapers‚ on digital news websites‚ and on television‚ there’s also an image of their logo. A company’s logo is like a business card - it’s one of the first things that a potential new client notices. Moreover‚
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The Bauhaus movement was founded in 1919 by Architect Walter Gropius in Weimar Germany. Despite being well known in modern times for its contribution to the architectural community‚ when it originated the Bauhaus School did not include an architectural wing. The Bauhaus school explored the practicality of Design through housed workshops and studios as well as utilising contemporary culture dance‚ film‚ art and product design. However‚ over the years the Bauhaus school became more prominent within
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The Bauhaus was a German school of design from 1919 to 1933. It was a movement that was strongly influenced by the outcomes of World War One and rejected the ideals of the past and embraced the age of the machine. By focusing on the materials and the eradication of superfluous decoration‚ the Bauhaus established a new ideal‚ which was‚ form following function. Through their manipulation of established and new products this enabled them to emphasise the very ‘materiality’ of the items they produced
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Bauhaus is a German school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Its aim was to bring people working in architecture‚ modern technology‚ and the decorative arts together to learn from one another. Realizing that mass production had to be the precondition of successful design in the machine age‚ its members rejected the Arts and Crafts Movement. The school developed a style that was spare‚ functional‚ and geometric. Bauhaus designs are highly prized today‚ but when the school
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The Bauhaus Dessau How does the Bauhaus became historical? Had there been any sustainability proofs? The Bauhaus occupies a place of its own in the history of 20th century culture‚ architecture‚ design‚ art and new media. It became historical because at time when industrial society was in the grip of a crisis‚ the Bauhaus stood almost alone in asking how the modernization process could be mastered by means of design. It represented a belief in the unifying power of geometry. The building
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was Bauhaus when was produced with pre-industrial methods which included woodwork‚ weaving‚ and stained glasses. This made Gropius worried that the Bauhaus was not good enough and good enough for the market so he decided that the Bauhaus would only create designs for mass production‚ simplistic designs that can be essential to everyone. This caused him to fire Itten and employ artists like Wassily Kandinsky. Paul Klee and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy‚ who reflected more modern styles in their designs and were
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MIS Concepts & Design by Seema Sirpal Delhi University Computer Centre Information is Critical The information we have is not what we want‚ The information we want is not the information we need‚ The information we need is not available. Information is a Resource It is scarce It has a cost It has alternative uses There is an opportunity cost factor involved if one does not process information Why need Information? To ensure effective and efficient decision - making leading to
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Case 1 - Design house Partnerships at concept design services Case summary The case is all about CDS (Concept Design services) ‚ earlier they were in to business to consumer business by d product name of “Focus” now they have moved from business to consumer to business to business format. They have tied up with many design house and they give them the design which they manufacture and then distribute to the customer. They also moved from manufacturing focus products to high – quality stylish
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