Form follows function. « Fred Klonsky

Form follows function. « Fred Klonsky:

Form follows function.

by Fred Klonsky

Chicago’s master architect, Louis Sullivan.
As an art teacher with an admiration for good design I was won over early to the notion popularized by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan that form follows function.
The shape of something should reveal and enhance its purpose.
This morning the Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss posts a column on the debate over the length of the school day.

A 2009 report by researchers at the School Redesign Network at Stanford University concludes that the United States “is far behind in providing public school teachers with opportunities to participate in extended learning