material and formal

Chinese translation: 实质与形式

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English term or phrase:material and formal
Chinese translation:实质与形式
Entered by: RaffaellaG

10:45 Feb 25, 2011
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Social Sciences - Philosophy
English term or phrase: material and formal
Nevertheless, to speak of design being between the material and the ‘immaterial’ is not completely beside the point. There are in fact two different ways of seeing and thinking: **the material and the formal**.
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然而,要说设计介于物质与非物质之间也并非完全没有道理。实际上,设计涵盖了两种观察与思考的角度:**本质与外在**。
RaffaellaG
Italy
Local time: 12:46
实质与形式;内容与形式
Explanation:
one may observe a piece of design from two perspectives: material or matter or content and the form that gives expression to it.
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实质与形式;内容与形式


Explanation:
one may observe a piece of design from two perspectives: material or matter or content and the form that gives expression to it.

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