Authors

Prokopyeva Irina A.
CHOOSING FORM GENERATION METHODS IN DESIGN

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (38) June, 2012

The article presents a professional view of form generation methods in design activity with the focus on developing its conceptual and terminological tools. The author reviews the concept of contemporary design in order to determine the place and role of form generation in the design process.

The principal material form generation models that have emerged in the course of the history of this activity are analysed from the viewpoint of contemporary design and form generation methods that have been developed in art, science and technology are summarised. Having identified the regulatory requirements that are applicable in those areas, the author then compares them with design activity. The principal models of form generation that are in operation in today’s design practice have been identified and criteria are proposed for assessing the advisability of using the existing form generation methods in the creation of a design form depending on the goals and objectives of a specific design challenge.

The author believes that the issues identified may be resolved by:
• Defining and providing research evidence for the design process as a process aimed at creating a design product;
• Developing a set of criteria enabling a more specific judgment to be made about a design product;
• Configuring the essential points of the actual form generation methods according to the principles underlying the creation of a design product.