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.
Who were the two main designers of the bauhaus design movement?
Mies van der Rohee and Marcel Breuer
Who and when designed the wassily chair and what design movement was it part of?
Marcel Breuer in 1925-1926
bauhaus design movement
What was the art deco design movement influenced by?
it was influenced by other design movements as well as Egyptian art, such as that on the tomb of Tutankhamen
Where did the art nouveau design movement get its name from?
This design style took its name from a shop that opened in Paris in 1895
what was art nouveau based on?
Based on the organic lines of climbing plants and Japanese art
what was louis tiffany famous for?
Art nouveau lamps
Who founded the arts and crafts design movement and when?
The Arts and Crafts movement was founded by William Morris at the end of the nineteenth century.
What was the arts and crafts movement inspired by?
organic shapes and patterns found in nature