Design influences, styles and movements

Question 1

Key features of the arts and crafts movements?

Answer 1

-Highlight the aesthetics of natural materials such as wood grain.
-The products were hand made using craft skills rather than machinery.
-Use traditional wood joints and designs that are highly decorative.

Question 2

Key features of the art deco movement?

Answer 2

-Simple geometric shapes and bold colours.
-Sunburst design, where the shapes in the design all tend towards a specific point.

Question 3

What are the key features of modernism:Bauhaus?

Answer 3

-Form follows function, the aesthetics of a product is dictated by the way it works.
-Used simple geometric forms.
-Everyday products for everyday people, keen to provide affordable products for the whole population.
-Embraced the machine age and was keen to use modern machinery during manufacture.

Question 4

What are the key features of post-modernism: Memphis?

Answer 4

-Bold, colourful and playful designs.
-Created abstract designs by there relatively random arrangement of geometric shapes.
-The form of the product is more important than its function.

Question 5

Designers and their work: Philippe Starck?

Answer 5

-Form comes before function in his design.
-He was a highly influential designer because he experimented with modern materials and manufacturing processes.