Design Principle: Form follows function

“Beauty in design results from purity of function”
Universal Principles of design, William Lidwell

The principle dictates that the form and beauty of a design results from the purity of function and the absence of ornamentation. However it can also be interpreted prescriptively in that aesthetic considerations in the design should be second to the functional considerations.
“Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in spiritual union.”
Frank Lloyd Wright