Long before Twitter,
substantial content was compressed into catchy phrases like “form
follows function”. Digging deeper and going back to the source was a
real eye opener. It was always about the head, the heart and the soul
and not about nuts and bolts. Get inspired by the full quote as the
original idea of “form follows function” was more than an engineers
thinking.
„It is the pervading law of all things organic and
inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human
and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of
the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression,
that form ever follows function. This is the law.“
Sullivan’s essay: „The tall office building artistically considered“ published 1896.
xchange Booklet: The tall office building artistically considered
Louis Sullivan: An American Van Gogh – documentary film
Louis Sullivan at The Art Institute of Chicago
