Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
forme organiche
English translation:
organic forms /shapes
Added to glossary by
Vanita Ajgarni
May 16, 2002 09:02
22 yrs ago
Italian term
forme organiche
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Photo caption from an article on Arne Jacobsen, the Danish designer.
The three famous chairs of Jacobsen The Swan, The Ant and the The Egg are described with pictures.
Entrambe le sedute, come la poltrona The Swan (1957-58), ben evidenziano la ricerca formale che prende l'avvio da forme organiche per arrivare a soluzioni ergonomicamente corrette.
forme organiche = organic shapes (=ant, egg, swan?). Thanks!
The three famous chairs of Jacobsen The Swan, The Ant and the The Egg are described with pictures.
Entrambe le sedute, come la poltrona The Swan (1957-58), ben evidenziano la ricerca formale che prende l'avvio da forme organiche per arrivare a soluzioni ergonomicamente corrette.
forme organiche = organic shapes (=ant, egg, swan?). Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Organic forms |
Arthur Borges
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| 5 +2 | living creatures |
Giles Watson
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| 4 | zoomorph designs |
Mirelluk
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| 4 | organic shapes |
luskie
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Proposed translations
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3 mins
Arthur Borges
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Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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Organic forms
Forms, not shapes.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'm going to use organic forms and suggest organic shapes as an alternative! Thanks all of you!"
+2
31 mins
living creatures
"An exploration of form that takes as its starting point living creatures ...".
You don't really need to repeat "form".
HTH
Giles
You don't really need to repeat "form".
HTH
Giles
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maureen Young
36 mins
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| agree |
Anna Beria
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Arthur Borges
: I wouldn't use "living creature" for an egg, and your offer may preclude borrowing a line or form from a plant, which *is* arguably a creature, but ceatures are basically animals with the gift of mobility.
7 hrs
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A creature is "anything created, animate or inanimate" (OED). Your usage, excluding eggs, differs from that of most theologians, for example.
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33 mins
zoomorph designs
Cfr. Celtic jewelly with zoomorph designs (I lost the Web site ref.)
8 hrs
organic shapes
is quite ok!!!
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Note added at 2002-05-16 17:47:59 (GMT)
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as you can easily see if you search the web for \"design\" + \"organic shapes\"...
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Note added at 2002-05-16 17:47:59 (GMT)
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as you can easily see if you search the web for \"design\" + \"organic shapes\"...
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