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The workshop on style and form going under the title of "las buenas formas" that took place this Spring under the auspices of INTIC (ICT Integration) with the collaboration of the Madrid Residencia de Estudiantes served as an introduction to the artistic trends currently encountered in our professional environment and related spheres. The series of conferences and round tables provided first hand accounts not only by renowned engineers with artistic leanings, but also by other professionals from the world of Fine Arts who fully appreciate these styles and forms. This article comments on this particular subject and forwards the place for good form or aesthetic appreciation in engineering work, particularly when attempting to argue in favour of its own formal value and one, in this respect, different from that of the other constructive arts. This serves as the setting in which to present some of the findings of the workshop on "Las buenas formas" that took place between April and June this year. The workshop included interventions by Julio Martínez Calzón, José Serna, Carlos Castañón, Jorge Bernabeu, Miguel Agulló and Fernando de Terán, all of whom being sufficiently renowned and esteemed professionals in this country to do away with any further presentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]