3 - Designers and their work Flashcards
Who are the 7 key designers, and what product did they design?
- Phillipe starck - Juicy Salif
- James Dyson - DC01 vacuum cleaner
- Margaret Calvert - ‘Men at work’ road sign
- Dieter Rams - Braun SK4 radio record player
- Charles and Ray Eames - Loung Chair 670
- Marc Newson - Lockhead Lounge
- Marianne Brandt - Tea Infuser MT49
Who was Phillipe Starck and what did he do?
- Born 1949
- French Designer, Post-modern, Designed for Alessi
- He challenged perceptions
- Thought provking, playful designs
- Very experimental
- Modern materials and manufacture methods
Juicy Salif product information
- Made in 1990
- Aluminium casting
- Starck was inspired by eating squid at a restaurant
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Sculptural aesthetics, leg angle stops juice from running, there is space for a container
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Unstable, oranges dont fit well, no pip collection, expensive (£50)
Who was James Dyson and what did he do?
- Born 1947
- British ‘serial inventor’
- Technology innovator
-Designed the ‘ballbarrow’ but had many patent disputes throughput his career
- Mane thousands of prototypes
- Fans, hairdryers, hand dryers, vacuum cleaners etc.
DC01 vaccum cleaner product information
- Made in 1993
- Introduced ‘bagless’ cleaning system
- No suction loss
- Colour scheme aids its use (high visibility, colours represent heavy-duty machinery)
- 3D sculpted form, based on the flow of air
- Injection-moulded ABS
-Clear PC ‘bin’ shows the dust level (how full it is)
Who was Margaret Calvert and what did she do?
- Born 1936 in South Africa
- Graphic designer
- Joined Jock Kinneir in 1964
- Developed ‘Transport’ font, along with other fonts
- Updated road signage
‘Men at work’ road sign
- Made in 1965
- Uses stylised pictogram
- Simple, clear communication of information
- Not langauge specific, can be understood by anyone
- Standardised road sign system in the UK
- Modernist (arguable)
- Replaced old road signs which used solely text
Who was Dieter Rams and what did he do?
- Born 1932
- Influential German designer
- Designed for Braun
- Post-WW2
- Believed in simple, honest, functional design
- He influenced Apple’s designer, Jonathan Ive
- Developed TEN PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DESIGN
Braun SK4 radio record player product information
- Made in 1956
- Innovative, incorporated thermoplastics and electronics
- Revolutionary
- Highly functional, no unnecessary features
- Many iterations followed
What were Dieter Rams’ ten principles of good design?
- Is innovative
- Makes a product useful
- Is aesthetic
- Makes a product understandable (no confusion)
- 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 that may confuse the products function)
Who were Charles and Ray Eames and what did they do?
- Born 1907, 1912
- Died 1978, 1988
- American husband and wife
- Creative design partners
- Plywood moulded furniture
- Ideas evolved from designing laminated plywood leg splints
- Experimented with a wide range of materials
Lounge Chair 670 product information
- Made in 1956
- Luxury version of the 1945 LCW (lounge chair wood)
- ‘Warm’ aesthetics
- Combines inductrial manufacture with hand craftsmanship
- Moulded plywood shell, with leather upholstery and a rosewood veneer
- Confortable
- Still on the market today
Who was Marc Newson and what did he do?
- Born 1963
- Australian designer
- Designs ‘catwalk pieces’
- Challenges perceptions and prioritises form, using rounded forms
- Some of his designs are inspired by origami
- Collaborated with Johnathan Ive to make the Apple Watch
Lockheed lound product information
- Made in 1986
- Aircraft-style rivet design
- Styled off a ‘blob’ of mercury
- Limited batch, hand made
- Statement piece rather than being functional. Only needed to be ‘more comfortable than a bus stop’!
- One was sold for £2.4 million in 2015
Who was Marianne Brandt and what did she do?
- Born 1893, Died 1983
- Former Bauhaus student
- Became head of the metalwork department in 1928
- Used simple forms, still relevant to modern designs
- Developed geometrically pure kitchenware, which were commercially successful
