The biggest concern I have is whether the design skews (har har) to a completely different type of uniformity or sacrifices too much function for form.
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But to compete in a function over form world, the luxury industry will need to do more things better, and be the best at a lot of things.
The lack of a notification center, combined with an interface that periodically overwhelms function with form (such as the highly stylized but limited email view), only compounds problems if it's genuinely vital that you spot and deal with an emergency in minutes.
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This time out, it seems obvious that Ion was focused on function ahead of form.
The form function of the little laptops with screens between nine and eleven inches is still a wonderful one for the traveller.
But there is a fine line between form and function in the case of custom bikes.
From the moment one enters the show, the relationship between form and function comes into play.
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Musk isn't a fan of the automobile, and suggests its creators put form over function.
This bus-powered, wired remote feels solid in hand, with function taking precedence over form.
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Temples to minimalism that echo the products in every way, including form and function.
On the inside: Good design is defined by the intersection between form and function.
This new inkjet series is a game-changer for the printing industry delivering the ultimate combination of form and function.
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Flavio Manzoni designed the car to emphasize the link between form and function.
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"In essence, we will match form and function, " said project principle investigator David Van Essen at Washington University in St.
It requires a giant brand leap of form over function for a famous keyboard, as their dismal PlayBook sales reveal.
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But if your thing is form then here are 7 steps to taking form and function down the Apple pathway.
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Where Jobs was the impresario of form, function, and business model, Land was the wizard of optics, chemistry, and physics.
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While the form and function may be very much inspired by nature, the practicalities are very much in the human realm.
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Regardless of manufacturer, the similarities in smartphones are striking because the form and function is so well defined by consumer needs.
As "Luck" progresses, however, this bedraggled gang, almost Shakespearean in its dramatic form and function, reveals a key to the entire series.
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Although this teaching lacked the heroic content Sullivan felt architecture required, he did draw from it his famous dictum about form and function.
The building he designed demonstrates equal clarity of form and function.
Designed for both form and function, photo printing is now as portable as photo taking: ZINK Technology does not require messy ribbons, toner or inkjet cartridges.
We get the impression that Samsung's delivering form over function here, but hey, for a good number of us, that's a sacrifice we're willing to make.
"The bone that was recovered from the Hadar site has all the hallmarks of the form and function of the modern human foot, " he told the BBC.
But this too, Mr Midler writes, is more form than function, since the tests are by their very nature more limited than the ways to circumvent them.
Each unit is custom-built to ensure superb form and function.
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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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We have to say, that sounds like a bit like a case of form over function: the Up can detect when you're sleeping, as can the pricey new Basis band.
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