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1. Human-Centric Design

Example: Apple’s ergonomically designed Apple Watch, which fits comfortably on the wrist, exemplifies how design can enhance user interaction.

2. Contour Bias

Example: The rounded edges of the iPhone make it more inviting to hold and interact with, as opposed to a device with sharp corners.

3. Proximity Principle

Example: AirPods and Apple Pencil have highly rounded forms, making them easy and comfortable to handle since they are frequently held close to the body.

4. Functionality Dictates Form

Example: The design of the MacBook incorporates rounded corners not only for aesthetics but to protect the device from damage during transport.

5. Consistency in Design Language

Example: All Apple products, from iPhones to Macs, share a common design language that reinforces brand identity and user familiarity.

6. Measurement and Data-Driven Design

Example: The use of roundness scores to quantify design elements ensures that products meet specific aesthetic standards while remaining practical.

7. Iterative Improvement

Example: Apple continually refines its product designs based on user feedback, as seen in the transition from older iPhone models to the more rounded designs of current models, improving user comfort and experience.

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 20 Nov

Yeah, i think i saw a clip where each apple rounded corner can be overlaid perfectly on the one from other apple products.

Edit: Superellipse. Didn't know of this name.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees OP 20 Nov

Haha, that's how you make aesthetics (and abominables too)

btw, superellipses are part of topology, a topic that @beyond_turbulence always keeps blabbing supposedly nonsense and making parodies out of, lol

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @deSign_r 20 Nov

does this mane ~design a science now?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @noknees OP 20 Nov

lol maybe this is actually a ~Design and ~science territory hybrid post, I totally forgot territories other than science exist on SN I'll make sure to check the validity of my posts in the territory from now

15 sats \ 3 replies \ @deSign_r 20 Nov

Oh that was not my intent, it was a genuine question. Is this analysis made from Arun scientifically valid from your perspective?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @noknees OP 23h

Yes, must be but not always. Most apple product edges fit this criteria, except some like the latest Apple watches which are a squircle and not a quintic superellipse.

Parametric equations define curves and surfaces through adjustable parameters, was used in architectural designs such as the Beijing National Stadium's steel web structure. It's a good tool to make graphic art too.

Even more fascinatingly Felix Candela's architectural shapes were primarily based on mathematical models of surfaces from Euclidean geometry, with a special focus on hyperbolic paraboloids, often called "hypars."

Candela became world famous for pioneering thin-shell concrete structures, particularly those with hyperbolic paraboloid shapes that are remarkably thin (often only 1.5 inches thick) but structurally very strong - he was a revolution in architecture.

Furthermore the 4 fathers of architecture:

Le Corbusier
Mies van der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright, and
Louis Kahn

Were GODS because they delved mathematics with engineering:

Le Corbusier famously used the "Modulor" system, a scale of proportions based on the human body and the golden ratio, combining rectangles, squares, and circles to achieve harmonious, human-centered dimensions.

His buildings, like Villa Savoye, feature geometric rigor with golden section rectangles, circle arcs, and diagonal grids - chef's kiss.

Frank Lloyd Wright embraced organic architecture, drawing mathematical inspiration from natural forms like spirals and helicoids seen in snail shells. His designs incorporate curves and geometric patterns based on the golden ratio and fractal-like repetitions that integrate buildings with their environment. The Guggenheim Museum in New York, with its iconic spiraling ramp, is a prime example.

Louis Kahn is known for his use of monumental geometric forms, especially cubes, cylinders, and circles arranged with careful attention to spatial order and light. His works often feature cubes rotated relative to one another and intersecting geometric volumes, exemplified in buildings like the Yale University Art Gallery and the National Assembly in Bangladesh (Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan) (very famous to my parents).

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @deSign_r 23h

I'm still seeing basic design principles of applied to architecture. Fun fact is that the more we look around, the more we recognize mathematically harmonious patterns similar to those provided as input.

My question was related to the analysis made by the author, I still feel is methodologically valid, but not nought to be defined as scientifically proven method. Whatever that mean anyway...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees OP 23h

it won't be proven until apple admits it themselves lol but no one's stopping us from cooking up conspiracy theories in the meantime :)

HOW QUINTIC SUPERELLIPSES MATTER (n= 4 or 5) IN UX