I grew up in a family surrounded by architects. Our household looked like the studio set of Madmen amid all the Midcentury Modern furniture. As a young boy, I would spend Saturdays at work with my dad sitting at a drafting table on the 21st floor of the Southland Life building in downtown Dallas.

My love for modern design grew from my exposure to commercial designs I watched my dad develop. The long, strong, horizontal lines have always caught my eye. To me, they create a feeling of rest or repose because objects parallel to the earth are at rest. I think Frank Lloyd Wright used a lot of parallel lines in his work because he wanted his designs to blend in with nature and the surroundings.

“Watching my dad and his colleagues create elevations and presentation drawings was fascinating.”

Architecture In The Family

My dad, Bob G. Moore, graduated from the University of Texas in 1948 and landed a job with a small architecture firm in Abilene, Texas. The firm name was Boone & Pope and one of the partners of the company was my brother’s Godfather. Our dad and all 3 Godfathers in our family (3 boys) were architects. My exposure to engineering and design was early and often. We moved to Dallas, TX in 1963 approximately one month before the world witnessed the live assassination of JFK. Prior to my dad’s death in 1992 his last job was serving as a project manager on the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank from 1989-1992. He was one of 15 Dallas Fed employees that worked on the building until completion in 1992

Watching my dad and his colleagues create elevations and presentation drawings was fascinating. These finished concepts were used to help the clients visualize the completed structure and help sell the concept to investors. Architectural renderings were never intended to be collected or sold for profit. As computers and CAD software became more widely used, the art of perspective drawings was replaced by technology.

The Art of Form Function Art

All of the items on this web site are available to buy and consist of original vintage design art, architectural renderings, industrial designs, and automotive illustrations. Above all, our drawings are either original or were created by delineators hired to make something close to the original. Also in the collection are some Googie style & Atomic age drawings that have amazing detail and in some instances look like a photograph.

Although I didn’t follow exactly in my dad’s footsteps I have his enthusiasm for engineering, design, and architecture in my DNA. I want to share that passion with the world through Form Function Art, LLC.

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