On Form and Function
The basic three box shape of motor cars hasn't changed in more than a hundred years in spite of the changes in technology they employ. Compare that with the way phones have evolved over the same period.
One thing that really fascinates me is the variety of forms that boat hulls take in different cultures, even when those cultures are geographically adjacent and the hulls they build are used for very similar purposes, catching the same species of fish for example.
Are these forms found through their fitness to serve a particular purpose? Are they largely an art form? Or have they evolved this way through the materials that are available and the long unquestioned dictates of a particular?
It begs the question of how rational we are in thinking of the forms we create for out own boats whatever their purpose and cultural heritage.
