4 - Socio-economic influences - Post-WW1

Question 1

What was the major influence of the Bauhaus design school?

Answer 1

Large-scale wartime adoption of metal tubing as a replacement for wood

Question 2

What was an example of this metal tubing replacement for wood?

Answer 2

Tubular steel frame construction of the ‘Fokker D.VII Triplane’

Question 3

What benefits did tubular steel have over wood?

Answer 3

• Tubular steel didn’t suffer from the problem of inconsistent strength that traditional wood construction suffered from
  (Due to the irregular grain pattern of wood)
• Machines could be easily set up to mass produce furniture using tubular steel
• Entire chair and table frames could be made without requiring any traditional hand crafting techniques