Hulsroy's Hustle

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Hulsroy in reply to @deleted

It probably should not be used about bicycle design.
I am from an architectural background and I value buildings and design that is honest in its fabrication and material choice.

My old professor Karl Christiansen said it like this about his book Tectonics - The Meanin of Form:

Tectonics – The Meaning of Form deals with one of the core topics of architecture: the relationship between form and content. In the world of architecture, form is not only made from brick, glass and wood. Form means something. When a material is processed with sufficient technical skill and insight, a form, that cannot be described or explained in any other way, appears. The purpose of tectonics is apparent when form and content merge and become one.

Edit: Let me give you an example. Sklar bikes.
Are the tubes bend because it makes for a better bicycle or are they just bend to make his brand stand out? Is there logic to shaping tubes? Is it not more sane to not do too much to the tubes?

I sort of like his curves, so I am torn. I am still finding my feet in all of this. It takes a lifetime to master design and I am still learning/curious

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nogk in reply to @Hulsroy

First I read your comment as a matter of modernism being blind to its ideals as formalist as they are explained through function?

Where as form that is being added, such as the Sklar bend, is considered lesser because form is not considered a function.

I’d say the graphics are content and form.

Not arguing here just trying to understand. Never heard of tectonics before.

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Hulsroy in reply to @nogk

I did say Sklar is a tricky one because a lot of his work is nicely balanced and has good graphic style.

But he goes to extreme lengths to keep the top tube free. That means he has to route his cables like this:

In my mind that's a design flaw

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