Artfully Intelligent Design

Artfully Intelligent Design is a concept that combines function and aesthetics. A ThinkQuest competition winner is Fusion of Form and Function takes an in depth look at the "Art We Live In." For centuries we, as a people, have not been satisfied with simple functional shelters and have sought elaborate ways to embellish the structure's facade or embellish the structural supports themselves. I would design lessons in my classroom to address many different questions... why? what? how? when? are the easy questions and then start with more abstract questions of purpose? choice of media? did it accomplish its goal? how does it influence today's art? culture? architecture? The class would also explore how some structures built solely from a functional perspective became iconic art. The main focus is not just appreciation of the ideas of art form and functionality, but also the awesome creative power within "man" and the tools and technology "he" used to create, in his time period.