Design Movements NOW How did we get from this…. …..to this?
What is a design movement? Group of people dedicated to a common design aesthetic May have theoretical, political and social factors Designers’ reactions or responses to social trends Use common materials or production techniques or design motifs/details Not constrained to furniture – may include architecture & civic design, art, politics, etc…
Arts & Crafts (1851–1914) Reaction to industrial revolution Against “soulless” machine-made production Not constrained to furniture – also included housing, arts, politics, etc…
Arts & Crafts
Art Nouveau ( ) Free-flowing, floral designs Use of wrought iron and irregularly shaped glass Expensive to produce Lots of embellishments Died out just before WWI
Modern Movements 1915 – 1980 Simplification of form & elimination of ornament “The house is a machine for living in." Le Corbusier, 1923 Examples: International style De Stijl Bauhaus Art Deco Late Modern
De Stijl ( ) Dutch movement Very abstract Focused on essentials of form and colour Use of horizontal and vertical lines Only primary colours used
Bauhaus ( ) Huge influence on modern design Focused purely on function – no embellishments LESS IS MORE Clean lines, highlighting industrial forms (steel, concrete, etc…) In direct opposition to art neuveau Began in Germany during WWI Design does not look at history – everything created according to the current need Hi-rise offices and housing commission flats Vertical V horizontal
Bauhaus
Art Deco ( ) Combination of modern, art nouveau, and bauhaus No philosophical angle, purely decorative Influenced by “primitive” cultures, modern technology, skyscrapers Use of stepped forms, sunburst motifs, sweeping curves, and patterns
Art Deco
Late Modernism ( ) Following on from Bauhaus design Functional, streamlined designs
Pop ( ) More an artistic movement Ideas from advertising, comics, pop culture Kitsch, throw-away ideology Andy Warhol
Postmodernism (1980-) Weird for the sake of being weird Without meaning You bring your own meaning to the design
Postmodernism
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Combining influences?
Combining Influences?
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