Design Movements Flashcards
What sort of products was William Morris famous for designing?
wallpaper, furniture and textiles
When was Art Deco used in interior design?
1920-1939
What scale of production were Bauhaus products usually produced in?
What scale of production were Bauhaus products usually produced in?
Who was the main Memphis designer?
Ettore Sottsass
What design movement was the “carlton bookcase” part of and who designed it?
Design movement: Memphis
Designer: Ettore Sottsass
What is a vernacular item?
Vernacular items are basically things that you wouldn’t normally consider to be “designed.” An example of vernacular would be a parking ticket or a job application. Obviously, somebody designed them at some point, but you wouldn’t normally think of them in a design sense.
Where and when was post modernism established?
Italy, late 1960s
What did post modernism groups do?
The groups wrote manifestos and designed products that questioned good taste.
What materials did memphis designers make their furniture out of?
furniture made from the flashily coloured plastic laminates emblazoned with kitsch geometric and leopard-skin patterns
What did the memphis designers experiment with?
unconventional materials, historic forms, kitsch motifs and gaudy colours;
When did memphis debut?
1981
What was the goal for the de stijl design movement?
a range of furniture and architecture that used only the essential form and colour in the design.
Who designed the red and blue chair and what design movement was it part of?
Designer: Gerrit Rietveld
Movement: De stijl
Where did the De Stijl design movement originate?
The Netherlands
What did bauhaus designers experiment with?
They experimented with colour and form to produce designs that were artistic and skilled. They also used the underlying principle that form should follow function.
