Design Movements Flashcards
What are the design movements
Arts and crafts movement Arts Nouveau Modernism - De Stijl, Bauhaus Art deco Streamlining Contemporary Post-modernism - Pop art, Memphis - Rejected modernism as being boring
Arts and Craft - Overview, Features and Designers
To resist the loss of tradition due to the industrial revolution
Features
- Handmade, traditional methods like pegged mortise and tenon joints
- Beauty of materials clearly shown - Woodgrain
- Patterned natural style on tile
Designers
William Morris
De Stijl (Modernism) - Overview, Features and Designers
Early modernism, focus on aesthetic, function follows later (Bauhaus)
Features
- Bright primary colours randomised
- Rectilinear shapes create a functional but unique product
- Balanced form and function - both arent great
Designers
Piet Mondrian
Bauhaus (Modernism) - Overview, Features. Key product and Designers
Post WW1 idealism, new methods and materials, founded as art school by Walter Gropius, closed by Nazis
Features
- Form follows function, rejecting Art Nouveau aesthetic first approach
- Embraced mass production to allow everyone to buy, rejecting Arts and Craft view - Tubular steel
- Colour usage inspired by De Stijl
- Simple shapes used, little curved or flowing
B3 Wassily chair - Elastic steel, leather minimal
Marianne Brandt - Head of metalwork, teapot
Art Deco - Overview, Features and Designers
Post WW1 consumers, mass production and discovery of Egyptian tombs
Features
- Ziggurat, Stepped decorations like NY Sky Scrapers
- Sunburst Motifs, Found in radio grille designs
- Stylised, geometrical form of products, From jewelry to furniture
- Bold colours as well as black and gold
Designers
Clarice Cliff, Elieen Gray
Streamlining - Overview, Features
After the great depression, people slowly wanting to spend on good design.
Features
- Inspiration from Aerodynamics of birds in smooth shapes
- Polished metal
- Curves and bends put in purely for aesthetics
Raymond Loewy
Contemporary - Overview, Features
Following WW2 brought scientific development, new designs with new processes. Space-age trend
Features
- Multipurpose designs in furniture
- Space-age look
- Move away from brushed and polished metals
- Black and brown leather popular
Pop Art - Overview, Features
Moving away from the war, demand for style was up. Fueled by psychedelics and plastic manufacturing breakthroughs.
Features
- Pop culture influence
- Lower, more comfortable seating positions
- Bright colours (Red) with contrasting elements (White)
- Soft, smooth shaping, almost sculpting
Memphis - Overview, Features
Channeled frustration with the Vietnam war through non-conformity.
Features
- Abstract geometry
- Bold and bright colours used to contrast each other through
- Sharp edges juxtapose rounded parts - little consistency
- Function after form
Ettore Sottass
What are key features of modernism
Form follows function, the aesthetics of a product is dictaded by the way it works.
Embracing the machine age, bauhaus was similar to the arts and crafts movement in that it rebelled agaist ornamentation of designs but differs in that the machines allowed for better finishes
Geometrically pure, inspired by art deco
Everyday products for everyday people, producing products everyone can afford, products designed for easy mass production
What are the key features of post-modernism
Bold and colourful playful designs, memphis designs challenged the simplicity of modernism and often used a range of colours as wll as contrasting colours
Simplistic juxtaposition of geometric forms, memphis used geometric forms but the position of these could seem quite random
Challenging forms that often compromised on function
What are the key features of the DC01 vacuum cleaner
By changing the dust collection system the dust is able to separate without reducing suction
Contrasting colours highlight key features of the product
Easy disassembly to aid maintenance
