Shape Exploration and Biomimicry in Product Design, and use of Topology Optimisation
Most of the statements in this section are based on studies of (Miquel Prats, 2007) , in with are explored the influence of the product shape in the design process. Usually, the term shape of the product is related to its two-dimensions silhouette of an object and the term form are related to three-dimension (Miquel Prats, 2007) . In this dissertation, shape means a contour at all of an object, even being two or three-dimension. The term product here is always related to tangible objects, composed of form and function. Fundamentally, product development is motivated to meet a human’s problem or necessity, through the creation of an object with form and functions proprieties. The relation between form and function has been subject of discussion through time by several designers. The architect Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) declared at ends of 1910, “Form follows function”. Next, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), changed this statement to “Form and functi...
