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1 Ch. 16 (2013) The Design Profession Unlike artists and craftspeople, designers often have nothing to do with the making of the object.

2 The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

3 The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m 2 ) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m).

6 Handcrafted To fashion or make by hand. versus Manufactured To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines. To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner.

MISSION OAK SIDEBOARD WITH OPEN SHELF One long drawer over two small central drawers over

7 GUSTAVE STICKLEY The Craftsman magazine promoted the Arts and Crafts Movement TWO HALF DRAWERS OVER THREE DRAWERS MISSION OAK CHEST. MISSION OAK SIDEBOARD WITH OPEN SHELF One long drawer over two small central drawers over an open compartment flanked by doors, which open to reveal open compartment. The top having plate rack and the backboard with a partial label.

Vase, late 18th century John Flaxman (English, 1755

8 Vase, late 18th century John Flaxman (English, ); Made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (Wedgwood incl. in Ch. 14) Josiah Wedgwood, , printed by Guy Green, active Teapot, c Etruria/Staffordshire, England

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9 Constructivism (Russian Modernism) Military Revolution Art Revolution

10 Constructivism: (A Russian art movement, fully established by 1921, that was dedicated to nonobjective means of communication. text glossary El Lissitzky and Rodchenko above

Constructivism Russian Constructivism (1913-1920's ) An abstract art movement founded in Russia in 1913.

11 Constructivism Russian Constructivism ( 's ) An abstract art movement founded in Russia in Constructivism swept away traditional notions about art, believed that it should imitate the forms and processes of modern technology. This was especially true of sculpture, which was "constructed" out of component parts using industrial materials and techniques. In painting, the same principles were applied within a twodimensional format; abstract forms were used to create structures reminiscent of machine technology and were suspended in space in almost architectural fashion. Although "pure" Constructivism was current in Russia during the early years of the Revolution, its aims and ideals have been used by artists throughout the twentieth century (The Art Book, p. 506). After the 1917 Revolution, the Russian Avant-Garde leapt into the service of the new Bolshevik regime. It seemed to promise just the sort of break into a new world, and sweeping away of the old, that they had been working for in art for years. They produced political posters, organized street pageants and fairs, and, most notably, carried out the design of the country's great public spaces for anniversary celebrations of the Revolution. Caught up in the new regime's emphasis on the importance of industrial power, they began to bring to composition a sense of the rationality and technological focus of industrial work and design. Constructivism, as this style is known, continued to evolve into the late 1920s, when the conservatism of the Stalinist state renounced the Avant-Garde in favor of Soviet Realism (

12 Alexander Rodchenko the Worker s Club 1925, model 1940

Wassily Kandinsky Black and Violet 1923 International Constructivism refers to the optimistic, abstract art that emerged in Europe in the 1920's.

13 Wassily Kandinsky Black and Violet 1923 International Constructivism refers to the optimistic, abstract art that emerged in Europe in the 1920's. Constructivism was an invention of the Russian avant-garde that found adherents across the continent. Germany was the site of the most Constructivist activity outside of the Soviet Union (especially as home to Walter Gropius's Bauhaus, a progressive art and design school sympathetic to the movement) but Constructivist ideas were also carried to other art centers, like Paris, London, and eventually the United States. Technically, every work of art comes into being in the same way as the cosmos - by means of catastrophes, which ultimately create out of the cacophony of the various instruments that symphony we call the music of the spheres. The creation of the work of art is the creation of the world. Wassily Kandinsky -

14 De Stijl

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19 Organic Shapes Natural Shapes Geometric Shapes Man Made Shapes

20 Design history has been a continuous choice between organic and geometric.

21 William Morris Organic design

22 Frank Lloyd Wright Geometric Design

23 Both Frank Lloyd Wright and William Morris believed in simplistic design.

24 Louis Comfort Tiffany, Water-LilyTable Lamp, c Art Nouveau

25 Organic Designs: Volkswagen and Saab

26 Geometric Designs: Hummer, Ford Granada, Scion, Volvo

Sullivan believed that the purpose of a building or object

27 Form follows function coined by Louis Sullivan, see chapter 15 for more about Sullivan. Sullivan believed that the purpose of a building or object should determine what it looks like. Fig. 481,Bayard (Condict) Building, NYC and Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis

28 Chrysler Minivan

29 Chevrolet Corvette

37 Form Follows Fantasy

41 Streamlining and the Burlington Zephyr Kenilworth

Introduced in 1934, the Chrysler Airflow (and its De Soto counterpart), with its aerodynamic and functional body design and extremely rigid all-metal unit construction, was an automobile well ahead

42 Introduced in 1934, the Chrysler Airflow (and its De Soto counterpart), with its aerodynamic and functional body design and extremely rigid all-metal unit construction, was an automobile well ahead of its time, a masterpiece of engineering. The passengers comfortably rode in a roomy interior between the axles. Power was supplied to the rear wheels by a front mounted in-line eight engine, pushing the Airflow into higher than normal speeds while maintaining good economy.

43 streamlining

44 Streamlining and Art Deco

49 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood

51 P-38J Lightning

52 Shepard Fairey on the "Obama HOPE" Poster

53 Cutting Edge Designs just for fun

54 ipad April, 2010

55 Bell Bottom Jeans 1970 s and 1990 s

56 Swatch Watches 1980 s

57 Parachute Pants 1980 s

58 Miami Vice Fashion 1980 s

59 Mullet Hairstyles 1980 s

60 Mullet Hairstyles not so cutting edge anymore.

61 Capri Pants 1990 s

62 MJ, Baggy Shorts, bald head too

63 Short Shirts, Low-rise Jeans and thong underwear 2000

65 Flat Bills 2002

66 2007

67 What is cutting edge now?

68 What will be cutting edge in 5 years? How about exposed thongs for men?

69 The End

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