Design Success and Failure in Relation to Syntactical Guidelines

1) Good Example:

Image Source: http://www.archithings.com/swamp-seating-by-michiel-van-der-kley/2010/12/19/swamp-seating-comfortable-chair

This is a good example of a chair design because it offers the user comfort and aesthetic qualities. The syntactical guidelines that were used to design this chair are balance in the structure, stress in the cloth pattern, attraction and grouping in the patterns, and the perception of comfort due to the material and the round edges. These factors are combined together to invite the users to relax in the chair.


2) Bad Example:

Image Source: http://weburbanist.com/2009/10/11/oh-sit-the-worlds-13-most-uncomfortable-chair-designs/

This is a good example of the syntactical guideline use that is not put to good use in relation to the goals for this product. It uses attraction and grouping, balance from symmetry, and sharpening. Although these three guidelines are present which helped with structure of the chair as well as aesthetics, it does not provide comfort for the user which is the most important thing for a chair.