Wiardgroup

> But this is like the cart driving the horse.  "Well, we have these 
> uniform panels with the same number of holes in them, so we 
had 
> better fill them with functions whether they are called for or not."  
> It's kind of like designing different cars, from Volkswagens to 
> Audis, and using the same body for all of them.  Form should 
follow 
> function.

The idea that form should follow function, is a very recent 
invention of the Bauhaus. It is convenient, because it reduces the 
cost of manufacture, and therefore widely accepted in the 
machine age.

But it is by no means a religion. Think about it, why should form 
follow function? Because it makes it cheaper to manufacture? 
How is this an aid to the imagination?