Designers Flashcards
Phillippe starck
French designer
Postmod ideas
Designer for Alessi
Challenges perceptions
Mini playful designs
Experimental
For provoking
Modern materials
Modern manufacture
James Dyson
British serial inventor
Technology innovator
Designed ball barrow
Many patent disputes
Made thousands of prototypes
Fans hairdryers, hand dryers and other products
Margaret Calvert
Born in South Africa,
Graphic designer
Designed transport and other fonts
Updated road signage
Dieter rams
Influential German designer
Designed for brown
Post Second World War context.
Developed 10 principles of good design.
Believe in simple honest functional design
Juicy salif lemon squeezer
Aluminium casting
Inspired by eating squid in a restaurant
Sculpture aesthetics
Leg angle stops juice running
Space container.
Potentially unstable.
Oranges don’t fit well
Collection perfect
Cost approximately 50 quid
Dco1 vacuum cleaner
Introduced back dual cyclone cleaning system
No suction loss.
Colour scheme to use
3-D scoped form based on flow of air.
Injection moulded ABS
Uses many Integ fittings.
Clear PC bin shows of dust
Men at work road sign
Uses stylised picogram
Simple and clear communication of information.
Standard side system
Modern style
Replaced old-fashioned signs with text
Braun sk4 radio record player
Innovative incorporation of thermoplastics and electronics.
Revolutionary at the time
Highly functional
No superfluous features.
Many iterations followed
Dieter rams 10 principles of good design
Innovative
Makes a product useful.
Aesthetic
Makes a product understandable.
Obtrusive
Honest.
Has longevity
Is thorough down to the last detail?
Is environmentally friendly?
Is as little design as possible
Charles and ray eames
American has been a wife
Creative design partnership
Plywood moulded furniture.
Ideas evolve from designing laminated pirate leg splints
Experimented with a wide range of materials
Marc newson
Australian designer
Designs catwalk pieces
Challenges perceptions
Prioritises form
Uses rounded forms
Some designs inspired by origami.
Marianne Brandt
Form and our house student
Became head of the metal work department in 1928.
Employed simple forms that are still relevant to modern designs.
Developed range of geometrically pure kitchen ware.
Products were commercially successful
Lounge chair 670
Luxury version of 1940 5LCW
Aimed for warm look
Combines industrial production and hand craftsmanship
Moulded plywood shell
Level upholstery
Rosewood veneer
Comfortable
Still on the market
Lockheed lounge
Aircraft style rivet construction
Styled and a blob of mercury
Limited batch handmade
Statement peace rather than functional.
Needed to only be more comfortable than a bus stop
Tea infuser MT49
Typical Bowhouse design with simple geometric full form.
Offset lid is functional in preventing drips.
Ebony handle is positioned for ease of pouring
