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Designers and styles Flashcards

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What was Starks design intention?

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  • didnt design for the sake of beauty

- add an element of surprise and humor to everyday tasks

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who was phillipe starks inspiration and why?

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Father as he made invention a duty

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What did James Dyson design and movement was he from?

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hoovers [Dyson Cyclone Hoover] and ?

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who was James inspired by?

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Buckminster Fuller

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what inspired Margaret calvert?

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  • life events

- pictograms inspired by patience the cow on cousin’s farm

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what did Dieter Rams design and what movement?

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Calculators and radios

Functionalism [better for less]

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what was Dieters inspiration?

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Grandfather who was a carpenter along with the Bauhaus and form follows function [modernism]

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what did Charles and Ray Eames design and movement they were from?

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Designed chairs and aircraft parts WW2

Modernism [bauhas]

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What was Charles and Rays design aspiration?

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Products available for all people

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what did Marrianne Brandt design and movement she is from?

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Tea infuser + strainer

Modernism [bauhas]

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Who was Brant inspired by?

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Moholy and Nagy’s experiments in photography

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what was the arts and crafts movement?

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  • celebrated hand made and crafted designs

- reaction to simple mass produced items

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What was the modernism [Bauhas] Movement?

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  • elegant designs for mass production
  • ornate styles with modern materials
  • The Bauhaus academy of arts
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What was the Post Modernism movement?

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  • eclectic and colourful designs in arcitechure and decorative arts
  • salvaged and distressed materials for inductrial aesthetic paired with new for clashing and provocative pieces
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How did the Bauhas fair after WW1?

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  • closed by Natzis
  • reopened in chicargo
  • workshops open in metal, cabinet, weaving, typography and wall painting
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16
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what was the Bauhas aspirations and what did they make?

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Importance of mass production

-metal chairs

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when was the Arts and Crafts movement

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1850-1915

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18
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when was the modernism movement

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1880-1940

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when was the Bauhas movement

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1920-1934

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when was the contemporary movement

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1945-1960

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21
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when was the art deco movement

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1910-1940

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when was the post modern movement

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1972 to end of 20th century

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when was the memphis movement

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1980-1995

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what was the arts and craft movement style?

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simple, natural embellishment was key to the style

  • hand crafted
  • repeated patterns
  • attention to detail
25
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what was the art nouveau movement style?

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organic shapes and natural forms

26
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what product were bought during the art deco period?

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  • lighting products
  • radios
  • clocks
  • classic furniture
  • statuettes
27
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what characteristics were in the art deco style? [5]

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  • curved and straight lines
  • sleek form
  • modern and functional
  • exotic woods
  • large ridges
28
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what was the art deco style in general?

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decorative, elegant and functional pieces

29
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what was the art deco style for arcitecture? [6]

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  • large windows
  • flat roofs
  • glass blocks
  • curved features
  • ships railings
  • geometrical shapes
30
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what was the modernism style?

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-re-examination of how we live in a increasing industrial world

31
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what did modernism lead to?

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  • new processes

- greater availability of materials [glass, concrete and steel]

32
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who was the Bauhaus founded by?

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Walter Gropius in Germany 1919

33
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what is the principal of modernism?

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form follows function

34
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what are the characteristics of modernism in arcitecture?

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  • open plan
  • functional spaces
  • light filled
  • modular furniture
  • neutral colours

materials like ply, glass, stainless steel and concrete

35
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what is post modernism?

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reaction to modernisms bland and functional designs

36
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characteristics of post modern in architecture

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fun over form and function

  • abstract designs and shapes
  • Dancing house in Prague
37
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what landmark is from post modernism?

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MI6 building in London

38
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what styles influenced art deco?

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  • cubism
  • modernism
  • art nouveau
  • Bauhaus
39
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what do designers do? [6]

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  • problem solve to improve peoples life
  • improve existing products
  • respond to consumer changes
  • utilise tech developments
  • minimize products environmental impact
  • connect product and user
40
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who is Phillipe stark?

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French product designer and architect born 1949

41
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What is starks style?

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  • flamboyant
  • creative yet functional
  • innovative
42
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whats Starks aspirations for his designs?

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  • add humor to everyday items

- start convocations

43
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what Style does Phillipe stark show elements of?

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post modernism [Memphis]

44
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what did Phillipe stark design?

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  • chairs
  • boats
  • lighting
  • kitchen utensils [lemon squeezer]
  • furniture
45
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who is Robert Dyson?

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inventor and founder of Dyson

46
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what design process does Dyson value?

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Iterative design from continuous development

-function and aftercare are important

47
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what is Dysons style?

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modern, contemporary, elegant and simplistic

48
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what did Margaret Calvert design?

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Graphic designer known for transport fonts and pictograms for UK road signs

49
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what did Dieter Rams design?

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10 principals of design along with hundreds of other products

50
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what was Dieter Rams aim?

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  • design useful and easy to operate products

- combat obsolescence

51
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what was Dieter Rams style?

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  • sleek

- minimal effort

52
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what did Eames and Ray design in WW2?

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  • plywood leg splints for the US Navy
  • their first mass produced product
  • based on Charles’s leg
53
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what type of chair did Charles and Ray make?

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Curvaceous furniture with padded leather seats

54
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why were Brandt’s teapots never mass produced?

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  • too complex design
  • used silver plated copper
  • ebony handles
55
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what was Brandt’s style?

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-clean geometric lines
-perfect curves
-aesthetic yet functional
stainless and chrome steel usually used

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