What is more important - form or function? Is the old phrase "form follows function" (Louis Sullivan) still valid today?

Judge for yourself - by browsing the following pages. There you'll find both new inventions and new designs for old inventions. Once again, zeixs - the collaboration between the Berlin-based publishing house feierabend Unique Books and the design agency lender - has asked designers from all around the globe to submit their newest designs and prototypes. Some are aesthetic variations of already established models, some are entirely new inventions. Sometimes it's difficult to tell whether the design-idea or the idea for a new item came first, After all, everything - every tool, gadget, item - has to be designed in one way or another. Therefore, this book collects both fresh designs for old things and things which are new in respect to their design and function. More importantly, "New Product Design" is - like the entire zeixs-project in general - open for everyone. Anyone can participate, regardless if someone's a professional or an amateur.