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Most, though, get proctors who must function as jacks of all trades. Many students say their proctors are genuinely helpful and interested in their lives. But for others the relationship can seem forced, an accident of housing...
...your cover story [DESIGN, March 20]. The consumer will have to remodel the kitchen to accept new gadgets. We'll have to reinvent a nail for the elegant hammer and prepare attractive trash for the see-through wastebasket. We architects designed buildings based on such concepts as "form follows function," "organic architecture" and "less is more." Now industrial designers are coining terms like "blobjects," "commodity chic" and "cutensils" by creating items to match. Kudos to them. CLEMENT R. PRABAKARAN Sterling Heights, Mich...
There is no longer a battle between form and function. Today designers are taking products already relevant to people and shaping them to reflect better what consumers actually want. Designers have respect for those who buy and use their products. In the 2000s the world of design will be even more respectful and participatory. The best designers will seek inspiration from the folk designs of the people they serve. LIZ SANDERS Columbus, Ohio...
...Function is out? Say it isn't so! The nouveaux contours and colors of products merely top off the vast improvements that have been made in the underlying functional design. Moreover, consumers demand that products function conveniently, safely, ecologically and obviously. We scoff at a microwave oven with a complex 50-button console. If you can't figure out how to heat a cup of cocoa without reading the instructions, it's the manufacturer who is stupid. A fuchsia cell phone might be pretty, but a cell phone that does not require a manual--now that's truly beautiful. KATRINA...
...From the inside of the stacks, the perspective is indeed dizzying--perhaps even claustrophobic, for the aisles are only just large enough to admit the motorized lifts that function like mobile, stand-alone elevators...