Design Factors And History

Question 1

Arts and Crafts 9 points

Answer 1

• 1850-1900
• William Morris/ John Ruskin
• Craftsmanship
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Question 2

Arts and crafts 10 points

Answer 2

• 1850-1900
•William Morris/ John Ruskin
• craftsmanship
• true to materials
• patterns and wallpapers
• nature
• reaction to Industrial Revolution
• honest and traditional methods
• medieval idealisation
• timber

Question 3

Art Nouveau 10 points

Answer 3

• 1890-1905
• oriental, Japanese Celtic Greek Arabic
• feminine form
• whiplash curves
• Mackintosh - GSOA
• new materials - glass
• craftsmanship and machinery
• asymmetry
• languid
• nature

Question 4

Bauhaus modernism 10 points

Answer 4

•1919-1933
• machines for living
• geometric forms
• form follows function
• machine aesthetic
• truth to materials
• simplified forms
• block colour
• Marcel Breuer
• Marianne Brandt

Question 5

Art deco 10 points

Answer 5

•1925-1939
• end of WW1 austerity
• king tut tomb
• Aztec, Egyptian, African
• Zig zag
• Sunburst
• bold colours
• Paris exhibition
• new materials - enamel and ivory
• Eileen Gray - opulent furniture

Question 6

Streamline Moderne 10 points

Answer 6

• 1935-1955
•aerodynamics and streamlining
• go faster stripes
• teardrop shape
• aviation and outer space
• riveting
• materials such as chrome and steel
• normal objects designed for speed
• futuristic and development
• Raymond Loewy: locomotive design and industrial design

Question 7

Post modernism 10 points

Answer 7

• 1975-now
• Less is a bore
• reaction to modernism
• pop culture
• ancient architecture
• children’s toys
• human and animal forms
• variety of materials
• humour and personality
• Phillipe Stark: form over function: eccentric innovation impractical designs
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Question 8

Memphis 10 points

Answer 8

•1981-1988
• Milan
• challenges conventional design
• rebels against functionality
• pop art
• animal and human
• laminates
• bold, rightful and colourful
• neon
• Ettore Sottsass