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What was Starks design intention?

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  • didnt design for the sake of beauty

- add an element of surprise and humor to everyday tasks

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who was phillipe starks inspiration and why?

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Father as he made invention a duty

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What did James Dyson design and movement was he from?

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hoovers [Dyson Cyclone Hoover] and ?

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who was James inspired by?

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Buckminster Fuller

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what inspired Margaret calvert?

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  • life events

- pictograms inspired by patience the cow on cousin’s farm

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what did Dieter Rams design and what movement?

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Calculators and radios

Functionalism [better for less]

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what was Dieters inspiration?

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Grandfather who was a carpenter along with the Bauhaus and form follows function [modernism]

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what did Charles and Ray Eames design and movement they were from?

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Designed chairs and aircraft parts WW2

Modernism [bauhas]

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What was Charles and Rays design aspiration?

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Products available for all people

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what did Marrianne Brandt design and movement she is from?

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Tea infuser + strainer

Modernism [bauhas]

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Who was Brant inspired by?

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Moholy and Nagy’s experiments in photography

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what was the arts and crafts movement?

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  • celebrated hand made and crafted designs

- reaction to simple mass produced items

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What was the modernism [Bauhas] Movement?

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  • elegant designs for mass production
  • ornate styles with modern materials
  • The Bauhaus academy of arts
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What was the Post Modernism movement?

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  • eclectic and colourful designs in arcitechure and decorative arts
  • salvaged and distressed materials for inductrial aesthetic paired with new for clashing and provocative pieces
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How did the Bauhas fair after WW1?

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  • closed by Natzis
  • reopened in chicargo
  • workshops open in metal, cabinet, weaving, typography and wall painting
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what was the Bauhas aspirations and what did they make?

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Importance of mass production

-metal chairs

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when was the Arts and Crafts movement

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1850-1915

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when was the modernism movement

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1880-1940

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when was the Bauhas movement

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1920-1934

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when was the contemporary movement

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1945-1960

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when was the art deco movement

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1910-1940

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when was the post modern movement

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1972 to end of 20th century

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when was the memphis movement

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what was the arts and craft movement style?

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simple, natural embellishment was key to the style

  • hand crafted
  • repeated patterns
  • attention to detail
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what was the art nouveau movement style?
organic shapes and natural forms
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what product were bought during the art deco period?
- lighting products - radios - clocks - classic furniture - statuettes
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what characteristics were in the art deco style? [5]
- curved and straight lines - sleek form - modern and functional - exotic woods - large ridges
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what was the art deco style in general?
decorative, elegant and functional pieces
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what was the art deco style for arcitecture? [6]
- large windows - flat roofs - glass blocks - curved features - ships railings - geometrical shapes
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what was the modernism style?
-re-examination of how we live in a increasing industrial world
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what did modernism lead to?
- new processes | - greater availability of materials [glass, concrete and steel]
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who was the Bauhaus founded by?
Walter Gropius in Germany 1919
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what is the principal of modernism?
form follows function
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what are the characteristics of modernism in arcitecture?
- open plan - functional spaces - light filled - modular furniture - neutral colours materials like ply, glass, stainless steel and concrete
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what is post modernism?
reaction to modernisms bland and functional designs
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characteristics of post modern in architecture
fun over form and function - abstract designs and shapes - Dancing house in Prague
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what landmark is from post modernism?
MI6 building in London
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what styles influenced art deco?
- cubism - modernism - art nouveau - Bauhaus
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what do designers do? [6]
- problem solve to improve peoples life - improve existing products - respond to consumer changes - utilise tech developments - minimize products environmental impact - connect product and user
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who is Phillipe stark?
French product designer and architect born 1949
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What is starks style?
- flamboyant - creative yet functional - innovative
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whats Starks aspirations for his designs?
- add humor to everyday items | - start convocations
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what Style does Phillipe stark show elements of?
post modernism [Memphis]
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what did Phillipe stark design?
- chairs - boats - lighting - kitchen utensils [lemon squeezer] - furniture
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who is Robert Dyson?
inventor and founder of Dyson
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what design process does Dyson value?
Iterative design from continuous development | -function and aftercare are important
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what is Dysons style?
modern, contemporary, elegant and simplistic
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what did Margaret Calvert design?
Graphic designer known for transport fonts and pictograms for UK road signs
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what did Dieter Rams design?
10 principals of design along with hundreds of other products
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what was Dieter Rams aim?
- design useful and easy to operate products | - combat obsolescence
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what was Dieter Rams style?
- sleek | - minimal effort
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what did Eames and Ray design in WW2?
- plywood leg splints for the US Navy - their first mass produced product - based on Charles's leg
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what type of chair did Charles and Ray make?
Curvaceous furniture with padded leather seats
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why were Brandt's teapots never mass produced?
- too complex design - used silver plated copper - ebony handles
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what was Brandt's style?
-clean geometric lines -perfect curves -aesthetic yet functional stainless and chrome steel usually used

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