Product Design: Design Movements

Question 1

Describe the Arts and Crafts movement:

Answer 1

The arts and crafts movement involved simple and functional designs that were made from natural products and were inspired by shapes from natures. Arts and Crafts products are hand crafted and were made by craftsmen in a workshop. These were highly desirable products that only the rich could afford.

Question 2

Name an Arts and Crafts movement Designer

Answer 2

William Morris

Question 3

Describe Art Nouveau

Answer 3

Art Nouveau involved free flowing, organic lines and shapes, sinuous lined and whiplash tendrils were common. Art nouveau products were often styled to look like women and the style was mostly used for jewellery, lamps, wallpaper and pottery.

Question 4

Name Two Art Nouveau designers

Answer 4

Charles Rennie and Mackintosh

Question 5

Describe Werkbund

Answer 5

This movement was all about bringing arts and crafts to industry. Designs were standardised and mechanised.

Question 6

Name a Deutsche Werkbund Designer

Answer 6

Peter Behrens

Question 7

Describe Bauhaus and Modernism

Answer 7

Bauhaus means building house. It was a design school in Germany that experimented with colour, material and form. The school aimed to produce minimalistic products that were as functional as possible.

Question 8

What is the motto of Bauhaus?

Answer 8

Form follows function

Question 9

Name a Bauhaus designer

Answer 9

Marcel Breuer

Question 10

Describe art Deco

Answer 10

Art Deco deigns are ultra-modern, functional and elegant- they were influenced by Egyptian and Aztec design styles and involved zigzags, trapezoids, geometric and jumbled shapes as well as stepped block, sunburst motifs and chevrons.

Question 11

Name an art Deco designer

Answer 11

Hector Guimard

Question 12

What was the main group of art deco designers called?

Answer 12

La Societe des Artistes Decorateurs

Question 13

Describe Post War design

Answer 13

during the war it had become illegal to make decorated goods meaning that post war design showed advances in electronics, ergonomics and materials, it was extremely functional design.

Question 14

what happened in 1951 and how did this affect design?

Answer 14

In 1951 the festival of Britain caused a lot of rocket influenced design that triggered the plastic youth culture designs of the late 50’s and early 60’s.

Question 15

What was British Industrial design?

Answer 15

This concentrated on function and usability of products that were pleasurable to use and were made out of the most modern materials by the most modern techniques.

Question 16

Who was behind British Industrial design?

Answer 16

Kenneth Grange

Question 17

What is Post Modernism

Answer 17

Post Modernism was a design style that concentrated on aesthetics over function, it marked the beginning of the age of consumerism and youth culture, it was a mix of other design styles and was influenced by fashion and media and the advance in modern materials.

Question 18

Describe the Memphis Movement

Answer 18

Memphis design features the use of materials that are usually used for other products, as well as unusual shapes and colours that are used to create a whacky aesthetic. Memphis designs concentrate on aesthetics over function and the products are usually extremely impractical.

Question 19

Name a Memphis Designer

Answer 19

Ettoire Sottsass

Question 20

Describe computer age design

Answer 20

Computer age Design involves the use of 3D design that allows for organic free flowing forms with out the need of complex matemati9cal models. Computer age products include things like The Sage in Gateshead and the VW beetle.