ELEMENT OF DESIGN - FORM

FORM

        When a two-dimensional shape takes on a third dimension, it becomes a form or mass. Form is the three-dimensional shape of an object. If an object has height, weight, and depth, it has form. It is very similar to the element of design shape.

        The overall three dimensional shape and structure of a product. Form can be created through the use of shape or line. While shape is only two-dimensional, form is three-dimensional. You can hold a form, walk around a form and sometimes be inside a form.

        Form makes up the enclosed area of design. Along with body shape, the clothes people wear create form ,Several forms or shapes are common in clothes. These include the following:

• natural form

• full form

• tubular form

• bell form

• geometric form

NATURAL FORM

• The natural form follows the shape of the body.

• Clothes fit close and reveal the natural waist and hips.

FULL FORM

• Some clothes, such as a full skirt or pants with wide legs, produce a full form.

• These clothes tend to visually increase size and weight.

TUBULAR FORM

• Clothes with a tubular form are more vertical.

• They include a straight dress without a defined waistline, straight-leg pants, or a suit

• .The tubular form creates the illusion of height and slenderness.

BELL FORM

• Clothes that produce the bell-shaped form look good on most people.

• Flared skirts and pants are examples of bell forms.

GEOMETRIC FORMS

• Geometric forms are based on mathematical descriptions. Since they are three dimensional (3D) instead of two dimensional,

• they are objects such as cubes, cylinders, cones and spheres. They are often the type of form that man made objects are constructed with.