Transformation: Basic Principles and Methodology of Design

Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. Underlying every concrete design is a design methodology that can be analyzed, taught, and learned as a transformation of these four categories. Transformation represents a foundational work for architects, designers, and laypeople with an interest in cultural history: the grammar of design. It aims systematically to explore the creative potential of these categories with succinct texts, uniform drawings, and a broad array of examples from architecture, design, and art. The book's layout is designed to facilitate comparison and combination of different design steps, with the separate binding of groups of pages making such exploration easier. This creates a construction set that invites readers to play and research, generating new links and discovering a limitless array of new design possibilities using a limited set of fundamental elements.