Designers and their work Flashcards
Phillipe Starck (designer)
French Alessi designer
post modern designs
experimental with modern manufacturing
Product: Juicy Salif Lemon squeezer
Juicy Salif Lemon squeezer (product)
Designed in 1990 by Phillipe Starck
spaceship shaped lemon squeezer
legs stop juice running
Aluminium casting
Problems: potentially unstable, imperfect pip selection, oranges don’t fit well
James Dyson (designer)
British designer
innovated with technology resulting in hundreds of patents
used thousands of prototypes and rigorous testing
made bagless vacuum and ‘ballbarrow’
DC01 vacuum cleaner (product)
designed in 1993 by James Dyson
bagless dual-cyclone design
used colour schemes to aid use
injection moulded
clean drum shows dust
sculpted around airflow
Margaret Calvert (designer)
South African designer
designed road signage and fonts
standardised signs
simplicity and clarity
‘Men at Work’ road signs (product)
designed by Margaret Calvert
standard, easy to understand pictograms
modern style
replaced old fashioned/ traditional signs with standard modern ones
Dieter Rams (designer)
German designer
designed “honest” functional designs
developed the 10 principles of good design
modernist designs
Braun SK4 radio record player (product)
Designed by Dieter Rams
innovative use of thermoplastics and electronics
high functionality
no unnecessary “superfluous” features
influenced many other designers (e.g. Jonathan Ive with apple)
Dieter Rams ten principles
good design is always:
1. innovative
2. useful and highly functional
3. is aesthetically pleasing
4. intuitive and understandable
5. unobtrusive with neutral and restrained design
6. is honest ( product is as it looks )
7. has longevity and will survive and continue to be useful many years after designed
8. thorough, all elements have been thought through
9. is environmentally friendly
10. as little to design as possible (no unnecessary parts not involved in the functionality)
Ray and Charles Eames (designer)
American wife and husband
experimented with a wide range of materials
used laminated plywood extensively
Lounge Chair 670 (product)
Designed by Ray and Charles Eames
Luxury wooden lounge chair
“warm “ look
combines industrial and hand craftsmanship
moulded plywood and leather upholstery
very comfortable
successful (still being produced)
Marc Newson (designer)
Australian designer
“catwalk pieces” beautiful and eye-catching designs made to challenge perceptions
form is most important
uses rounded shapes
inspired by origami
Lockheed lounge (product)
designed by Marc Newson in 1986
aircraft style rivet construction
made to look like a blob of mercury
statement piece with limited functionality
uncomfortable
batch produced (limited number so rare and valuable)
Marianne Brandt (designer)
Bauhaus student
simple forms used in modernist designs
geometrically pure kitchenware
highly successful
Tea Infuser MT49 (product)
designed by Marianne Brandt in 1924
simple, geometric
offset lid to prevent drips
ebony handles for easy of pouring
now highly valued as collectors items
