• Question: in both space ships to tanks to cars how would the design of the object effect how it works

    Asked by michael hussey to Andrew, Angela, Eleanor, Emma, Withdrawn on 5 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Andrew Pidgeon

      Andrew Pidgeon answered on 5 Mar 2016:


      There is this theme that ‘form follows function’ which means the shape of a design comes after the job it can do can be achieved.

      So you might think of a car having a windscreen and 4 wheels but imagine a car that drives automatically. Does it need to have a windscreen? It could have a tv screen inside to show the passengers where they are travelling as they wont be driving the car they don’t need a windscreen!

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