Decoration, after all, implies dissembling, something that would become anathema to the form-follows-function crowd.
The larger market opportunity appears to be in short-form learning games that function as supplemental material.
Combining Logitech's expertise in seamless connectivity with UE's heritage of providing great sound in the tiniest of packages, the new line-up blends form and function to deliver the right sound for any situation.
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The two architectural genres appear antithetical aesthetically, and conceptually seem to come from opposite extremes: the modernist ideal of form following function versus the over-the-top commercialism of Googie confections.
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Each unit is custom-built to ensure superb form and function.
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Built in 1927 by Alexander Beer in the function-over-form style of New Objectivity, it has served many purposes throughout the years, originally accommodating 300 pupils learning Hebrew and traditional arts, then becoming a base from which Jews were deported to concentration camps in 1942, and finally being used as a military hospital until the end of World War II.
As an example, he said that a moment of "indiscretion" between a "23-year-old male teacher with a 17-year-old female student after a sixth form social function could land the teacher in the criminal court, facing six months of imprisonment".
But it also has a more enterprise-focused feature, in the form of a slideshow function in cahoots with the Polaris Office app, which means you can use your GS III as a controller for a presentation.
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It won't win any awards from design aesthetes either: function was prioritized over form with its retro stylings -- but the real achievement here has been to cram that much power into this tiny box.
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This new inkjet series is a game-changer for the printing industry delivering the ultimate combination of form and function.
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Reading mode and Smart Remote are clearly the Note 8.0's two biggest software features, but to make the tab just a bit more alluring, Samsung's pre-loading two other applications suited to the Note 8.0's form and function.
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Aspect tracks the form, function and price of more than 10 million components, then meshes this mega-catalog with a client's data on preferred suppliers, inventory and buying habits. 3Com Corp. used it to learn that six departments were paying different prices for the same component from different suppliers.
This bus-powered, wired remote feels solid in hand, with function taking precedence over form.
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This "user intent" is then put to use, launching an additional app or performing the specified function, while non-speech input (presumably like the ability to correct your requests in text form) get a brief mention.
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