Author/Authors :
CHOO, ANG MEI Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institut Informatik Visual, Malaysia , NG, KOK WENG Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) Berhad - Pusat Rekabentuk Industri - Seksyen Kejuruteraan Rekabentuk , SULAIMAN, RIZA Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institut Informatik Visual, Malaysia , AHMAD, AZLINA Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institut Informatik Visual, Malaysia , ZAMAN, HALIMAH BADIOZE Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institut Informatik Visual, Malaysia
Abstract :
A shape grammar is a formal method related to shapes. The elements in shape grammars consist of shapes,labels and rules. Shape grammars are often applied to analyse and generate design in various fields including art, architecture and engineering and consumer products to retain a certain style and structure. The spatial concepts in shape grammars, the decomposition of shapes and the ambiguity of shape rules application can produce design beyond the expectations of designers. This paper introduces shape grammars using the ice-ray lattice grammar and two examples of shape grammars from literatures to demonstrate the concept of emergence and ambiguity. This paper ends with a mobile table design generation case study using a simple shape grammar.
