Chapter 1- Evolution of Product Design

Question 0

Art Nouveau

Founded, location
Inspired by
Products
Famous product

Answer 0

Paris, 1895.
Based on organic lines, plants, Japanese art.
Glass, furniture, fabric, wrought iron work.
Tiffany lamps- René Lalique

Question 1

The Arts and Crafts Movement

Founder, date
Inspired by
Products

Answer 1

Founded by William Morris- end of 19th century.
Use of organic shapes and patterns.
Wallpaper, furniture and textiles.
Morris was a socialist, firmly against poor working conditions and damage done to the environment by industrialisation.
Promoter of quality products, expensive materials, traditional techniques only the rich could afford

Question 2

Modernism

Answer 2

Ergonomic, appropriate materials, little decoration.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh- geometric shapes
Easier to mass produce than organic shapes

Question 3

Bauhaus

Founder
Date
Principle

Answer 3

Germany, school of art and design by Walter Gropius
1919-1933 modern materials, mass production
Form should follow function

Question 4

Art Deco

Type
Date
Artist
Products, design

Answer 4

Interior design 1920-1939, architecture
Fashionable/glamorous influenced by others
Clarice Cliff- ceramics vase bright and bold

Question 5

De Stijl

Design, colour
Founded
Principle
Inspiration for
Chair

Answer 5

Basic shapes, primary colours, geometric lines
Founded in Holland by painters, architects
Inspiration for a range of furniture and architecture using the essential form and colour
Gerrit Rietveld