Comments on: Good design doesn’t need to be justified http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/06/06/good-design-doesnt-need-to-be-justified/ Inferences and Implications, Nuances and Nothings Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Joe Gergen http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/06/06/good-design-doesnt-need-to-be-justified/#comment-3 Joe Gergen Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:56:39 +0000 http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/06/06/good-design-doesnt-need-to-be-justified/#comment-3 Darren, I suspect there is something to a scientific approach or at least scientific explanations (I am sure not even scientifc explanations are all in agreement). I don't have enough exposure to enough different regional styles to know if natues proportions repeat themselves but I again suspect the answer is yes since nature would be at least one of the major constants worldwide. I do know that cultural and societal ideas of beauty do change over time. My hypothesis would be that even as mechanics, mediums, themes, presentation and so on change over time, the structural and conceptual design elements remain. So even if we can't come up with the grand unification theory of design (or at least I know I am not going to come up with it), we can perhaps learn enough to know our intuition is correct and be able to put it into action. Darren,

I suspect there is something to a scientific approach or at least scientific explanations (I am sure not even scientifc explanations are all in agreement).

I don’t have enough exposure to enough different regional styles to know if natues proportions repeat themselves but I again suspect the answer is yes since nature would be at least one of the major constants worldwide. I do know that cultural and societal ideas of beauty do change over time. My hypothesis would be that even as mechanics, mediums, themes, presentation and so on change over time, the structural and conceptual design elements remain.

So even if we can’t come up with the grand unification theory of design (or at least I know I am not going to come up with it), we can perhaps learn enough to know our intuition is correct and be able to put it into action.

]]> By: Darren Dobier http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/06/06/good-design-doesnt-need-to-be-justified/#comment-2 Darren Dobier Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:08:23 +0000 http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/06/06/good-design-doesnt-need-to-be-justified/#comment-2 I too have always wondered why I like a particular piece of furniture over another. In trying to figure this out I did some reading about proportions, the golden rule, and mathmatics. After applying some of these theories to furniture pieces I liked I found that an overwhelming number of them fit with the golden ratio proportions. This leads me to believe that while good design shouldn't need to be explained, perhaps it can be thru mathmatics and the proportions of natural things around us. It would be interesting to see if "good" proportions are the same worldwide or die they vary from region to region. If they remain constant than perhaps there is more to this scientific approach to design. I too have always wondered why I like a particular piece of furniture over another. In trying to figure this out I did some reading about proportions, the golden rule, and mathmatics. After applying some of these theories to furniture pieces I liked I found that an overwhelming number of them fit with the golden ratio proportions. This leads me to believe that while good design shouldn’t need to be explained, perhaps it can be thru mathmatics and the proportions of natural things around us. It would be interesting to see if “good” proportions are the same worldwide or die they vary from region to region. If they remain constant than perhaps there is more to this scientific approach to design.

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