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3. Designers and their work Flashcards

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Who are the designers?

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  • Phillipe Starck
  • James Dyson
  • Margaret Calvert
  • Dieter Rams
  • Charles and Ray Eames
  • Marc Newson
  • Marianne Brandt
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Who is Phillipe Starck?

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  • French designer
  • post-modernism
  • designer for Alessi
  • challenges perceptions
  • many playful designs
  • thought provoking
  • experimental
  • modern materials
  • modern manufacture
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3
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What product is Phillipe Starck known for?

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Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer

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What are the features of the Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer?

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  • 1990
  • aluminium casing
  • inspired by eating squid at a restaurant
  • sculptural aesthetics
  • leg angle stops juice running
  • space for a container
  • potentially unstable
  • oranges don’t fit well
  • pip collection not perfect
  • costs £50
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Who is James Dyson?

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  • British ‘serial inventor’
  • technology innovator
  • designed ‘Ballbarrow’
  • many patent disputes
  • made thousands of prototypes
  • fans, hairdryers, hand dryers and other products
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What product is James Dyson known for?

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DC01 vacuum cleaner

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What are the features of the DC01 vacuum cleaner?

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  • 1993
  • introduced ‘bagless’ dual-cyclone cleaning system
  • no suction loss
  • colour scheme aids use
  • 3D sculpted form based on flow of air
  • injection moulded ABS
  • uses many integral fixings
  • clear PC bin ‘shows off’ dust
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Who is Margaret Calvert?

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  • born in South Africa
  • graphic designer
  • joined Jock Kinneir in 1964
  • developed ‘Transport’ and other fonts
  • updated road signage
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What product is Margaret Calvert known for?

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‘men at work’ road sign

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What are features of the ‘men at work’ road sign?

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  • 1965
  • used stylised pictogram
  • simple and clear communication
  • standardised sign system
  • arguably Modernist style
  • replaced old fashioned signs with text
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Who is Dieter Rams?

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  • born in 1932 (Bauhaus closed in 1933, so wasn’t part of, but was influential after)
  • influential German designer
  • designed for Braun
  • post WWII context
  • developed 10 principles of good design
  • believed in simple, honest, functional design
  • influenced Apple’s Jonathan Ive
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What product is Dieter Rams known for?

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Braun SK4 radio record player

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What are the features of the Braun SK4 radio record player?

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  • 1956
  • innovative incorporation of electronics and thermoplastics
  • revolutionary at the time
  • highly functional
  • no unnecessary features
  • many iterations followed
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Who were Charles and Ray Eames?

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  • American husband and wife
  • creative design partnership
  • plywood moulded furniture
  • ideas evolved from designing laminated plywood leg splints
  • experimented with a wide range of materials
  • known for making furniture/chairs
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What product were Charles and Ray Eames known for?

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Lounge Chair 670

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What were the features of the Lounge Chair 670?

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  • 1956
  • luxury version of 1945 Lounge Chair Wood
  • aimed for a warm look
  • combines industrial production with hand craftmanship
  • moulded plywood shell
  • leather upholstery
  • rosewood veneer
  • comfortable
  • still on the market
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Who is Marc Newson?

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  • Australian designer
  • designs ‘catwalk pieces’
  • challenges perceptions
  • priorities form
  • uses round forms
  • some designs inspired by origami
  • collaborated with Jonathan Ive on the Apple Watch
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What product is Marc Newson known for?

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Lockhead Lounge

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What are features of the Lockhead Lounge?

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  • 1986
  • aircraft style rivet construction
  • styled on a blob of mercury
  • limited batch were hand made
  • statement piece rather than functional
  • needed only to be ‘more comfortable than a bus stop’
  • one sold for £2.4m in 2015
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Who was Marianne Brandt?

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  • former Bauhaus student
  • became head of metalwork department in 1928
  • employed simple forms that are still relevant to modern designs
  • developed a range of geometrically pure kitchenware
  • products were commercially successful
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What product was Marianne Brandt known for?

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Tea Infuser MT49

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What are the features of the Tea Infuser MT49?

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  • designed in 1924
  • typical Bauhaus design with simple geometrical form
  • offset lid is functional in preventing drips
  • ebony handle positioned for ease of pouring
  • one was sold for $361,000 in 2017
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What are Dieter Rams’ ten principles of good design?

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good design:
- is innovative
- makes a product useful
- is aesthetic
- makes a product understandable
- is unobtrusive
- is honest
- has longevity
- is thorough down to the last detail
- is environmentally friendly
- is as little design as possible (no unnecessary features)

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