The Balance of Formal Aesthetics and Functionalism in Industrial Design
In the core territory of industrial design, the game between formal aesthetics and functionalism is not a binary opposition, but a creative process of seeking dynamic integration. Designers need to be rational as the bone, aesthetics as the wing, grasp the following key balance:
A true masterpiece whose form is a natural expression of function, whose function is easier to use and more pleasant because of form. Designers are like artists walking a tightrope, looking for freedom in constraints-based on rigorous functional logic, giving products a moving aesthetic soul, and finally creating solutions that are both "easy to use" and "durable. This is not only technology, but also art. Image design from Lofree and Web Collection

The design of this calculator is too much emphasis on the form of design, excessive design, too much emphasis on personalization and differentiation, ignoring the attributes of the product itself

Sugar Bean Calculator

Calculations, too, can be fun

The same design idea as the dot keyboard,
Breaking the stereotyped product status quo of the same, ten thousand people on one side,
Back to the beginning of the design, to make the calculation easier,
The percussion of mechanical keys,
Sing a crisp tune to the quiet and boring office.