Course Overview
Form exploration in the context of products. Expressions in Form like soft, hard, warm, cold, precise, gross, delicate, strong, fragile, rugged etc. Study of product expressions by analyzing in terms of elements like form, proportion, colour, texture etc. Introduction to abstraction in form. Study of 3D abstraction in art and sculpture. Exploration of industrial material and processes as elements of design through 3D abstraction of entities in Nature.
| Total Credits | 6.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Tutorial | 4.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | Kimberly Elam, Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition, Princeton Architectural Press, 2001 Thompson, Darcy Wentworth; Bonner, John Tyler (Editor); On Growth and Formby D”Arcy Thompson Doczi, Gyorgy; Power of Limits, Publisher: Shambhala; Reissue edition, 1981 Lawlor, Robert; Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Art and Imagination), Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1989 Kepes, Gyorgy; Language of Vision, Dover Publications, 1995 Abhikalpa : The journal of Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, January 1984 |
About Instructor(s)
Prof. Kums P Kumaresan | Prof. Rao A. G
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