⭐️ 2.2 - Design Theory - Historical, Cultural And Economic Influences. Artists And Their Work Flashcards
What range of aspects should we consider when analysing designs from the past?
Arts and crafts movement
Key features of the arts and crafts movement
Art Deco
Key features of Art Deco design
Sunburst motifs (architecture/ surface patterns)
Ziggurat (stepped pyramids - skyscraper designs of New York)
Simple geometric forms
Modernism
Includes Bauhaus design school
Bauhaus
Bauhaus was a design school founded in Germany 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius. Students undertook a programme of study giving them an appreciation of materials, manufacturing and form before specialising in areas such as metalwork, furniture architecture and graphics. They aimed to be true to materials and relinquish ornamentation, focusing on the aesthetic associated with the manufacturing process.
Key features Bauhaus products
-Form follows function
Aesthetic appearance of a product is dictated by the way it works. This can be seen in the furniture of Marcel Breuer
IGNORE STREAMLINING SECTION
Streamlining
Major contributors
Raymond Loewy
Norman Bel Geddes
Henry Dreyfuss
Post modernism
Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge Recliner (was on the next page)
Philippe Starck
James Dyson
Margaret Calvert
Examples of her work looks like simple road signs - warning sign (man digging) and destination sign
Dieter Rams
German functionalist designer
Huge impact on product design in the latter half of 20th century
Simple approach to design and application of 10 key design principles has been referenced by many contemporary designers who have been influenced by his work with German manufacturer Braun.
During early work for Braun he worked with Hans Gugelot, a product designer and lecturer working at the Ulm school in Germany.
Dieter R and Braun took ornamental wooden casings and replacing them with functional minimal designs in white and grey
These developments as with Bauhaus relied heavily on technological developments - specifically transistor and thermoplastics
Charles and Ray Eames
Marianne Brandt
