[eternalban]

That is a point of contention between different schools of thought. Industrialization, mechanical reproduction (manufacture) of objects, and corresponding jump in scale of production went hand in hand with emergence of "form follows function" as a principle of design for "Modern" design.

Now a quiz:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/33._Witt...

Is that door by mr. uber rational Wittgenstein a specimen of form follows function, or do you note 'aesthetics' saying gutten tag there?

[KarimDaghari]

In my view, I would say the former.

[eternalban]

Mostly agree, and no doubt that was the intent of LW: it is shorn of non-functional ornaments, but I propose that aesthetic choice determined the form of that door handle. Various forms would have worked.