Livable Modernism Flashcards
Eero Saarinen
Auditorium Armchair
Kingswood School, Cranbrook Academy
tubular steel and wood with green upholstery
1930
livable modernism
reduced form, truth in materials, geometric expression, cantelivered seat, tubular construction
Showroom for the Montalbano-Majestic Wood Carving Company
Chicago
1929
Livable Modernism
elaborate rococo revival furnishings still consistent forms as late as 1920s
desire to have furnishings that expressed wealth
Modernism
Function over form
elimination of superfluous ornament
new materials and technologies developed during wartime that helped free design from tradition
increasingly absrtact, sculptural aesthetics
lower prices for mass produced
Gilbert Rohde, designer
Bookcase-Cabinet
Herman Miller Furniture Company, manufacturer
East Indian Laurel and chrome-plated steel
1934
livable modernism
customize space with items that are mass produced, sense of ownership
Gilbert Rohde, designer
Vanity Table and Ottoman
Herman Miller Furniture company, manufacturer
white holly, red English elm, yellow poplar, cream-colored paint, mirror glass, bakelite, rose-colored fabric
livable modernism
new piece of furniture for middle class in bedroom
full body experience, functional, moveable, versatlity, reduced form
certain behaviors of women, gender performances, posture, object of beauty, psychological comfort of home
Russel Wright, designer
American Modern Armchair
Contant Bell Furniture Company
maple, cotton, wool
1935
livable modernism - comfortable but sleek, reduced form
Russel Wright
American Modern dinnerware
glazed earthenware
1937
livable modernism
biomorphic forms, different colors to slowly add to set
Russel Wright
rendering of American Modern Trestle Shelves
Conant Bell Furniture Company
1935
livable modernism
different ways of dividing room with furniture, innovation
Gilbert Rohde
Molded plastic chair
stainles steel and plexiglass
1939
new material from war now for households
humble materials to fantastic means
Gilbert Rohde
Occasional Table
Herman Miller Furniture Company
glass, lucite, brass
1939
livable modernism
legs screw off, easier to move, flexibility
Alvar Aalto, Finnish Pavilion
NY Wold Fair, 1939
Donald Deskey, Dining Room
exhibit in Contemporary Industrial Art, Met, 1940
biomorphic, organic form, curvilinear
Livable Modernism by Kristina Wilson
During Great Depression, modernist designers developed products/lifestyles for middle class not elite consumers
combined International style, functional efficiency, sophistication with respect to consumer’s desire for physical/psychological comfort
marketing savvy of furniture and dec arts companies
Russel Wright, Donald Deskey, Gilbert Rohde - paved way for Eames
