tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33423612803547384662023-11-16T10:57:22.633-05:00Design Theory of the Modern EraThis blog is intended for the interior design students in the college of design at the University of Kentucky. It was created with the intent to present students with information, providing them with a channel for contemplation and discussion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-84576547028325101332009-12-12T16:39:00.000-05:002009-12-12T16:40:29.253-05:00BrandingAbstract to be posted soon. Click <a href="http://design.uky.edu/id243/branding.avi">presentation </a>to view video.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-26891483556085270142009-12-11T19:25:00.002-05:002009-12-11T19:27:26.820-05:00ConsumptionClick presentation to view video. To view the paper in its entirety click <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATfSuOh5RHVAZGRuN2p2cWNfMTM3ZmtxYzYzZjk&hl=en">here</a>.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-76654805931782115822009-12-11T19:05:00.002-05:002009-12-11T19:30:25.448-05:00Materials: PlasticsClick <a href="http://design.uky.edu/id243/PlasticsMovie.avi">presentation </a>to view video. To view the paper in its entirety, click <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATfSuOh5RHVAZGRuN2p2cWNfMTA3Y3RxZGd3ZjU&hl=en">here</a>.<br /><br />Abstract:<br /><br />The origin of plastics began as a technological breakthrough in synthetic materials. In the United States, in particular, plastics have experienced a meteoric rise to become a dominant material in the culture. Plastics are everywhere, from household products to technological devices to building materials to clothes. Plastics have been a major contributor to material culture in the United States. It is the driving force behind disposability. New applications for plastics continue to emerge, and as ubiquitous as these materials are in our culture, they are becoming even more pervasive. In this dawning age of environmental responsibility, new revolutions in plastics must occur. Innovations in eco-friendly manufacturing, sustainability, and processes and applications for recycled plastics are on the horizon. One important part of this revolution, however, is a societal shift in attitudes toward disposable goods. In short, we need to quit sending plastics to the landfill.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-55488598686816160412009-12-11T14:20:00.000-05:002009-12-11T14:21:56.389-05:00Materials: GlassClick <a href="http://design.uky.edu/id243/Future_Materials_Glass.avi">presentation </a>to view video.
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<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Glass: Window to the Future
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<br />Building materials have been around since the settlement of humans. They have helped humanity move from a nomadic existence to a sophisticated society. One of the key materials that had a large influence on building design through the ages is glass. Although glass is an old material, it has undergone many technological advances and will continue to be enhanced in the future. Glass has brought us to where we are today and it will continue to move us forward with new and interesting materials that are already being developed.
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<br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-84917911566211552552009-12-11T12:09:00.002-05:002009-12-11T14:10:32.967-05:00Culture: A look at technology and how it affected culture in the 1950'sAbstract to be posted soon. Click <a href="http://design.uky.edu/TechnologyTelevisionMedia.m4v">Presentation </a>to view video.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-44673004442226036532009-12-11T11:54:00.006-05:002009-12-14T16:44:21.316-05:00World ExhibitionsClick <a href="http://design.uky.edu/id243/Final_World_Affair.mp4">presentation </a>to view video.<br /><br />Abstract:<br /><br />World Exhibitions will always hold a place in societies around the globe because the benefits they provide are timeless. The concept of exhibitions has developed throughout the years from French and British predecessors into the events we recognize today. Clear evidence supports the theory that world exhibitions bring countries together, specifically through the common appreciation of design development, help nations build or strengthen their national identity, present social and economic gain to host countries, and aid future advancements in design through technology, including materials, products, techniques, and travel methods. <br />It can be argued World Exposition attendance is a thing of the past, because technology has advanced so far that we could much more easily watch an online broadcast of an exhibition than be physically present. However, numerous sources pointing to the past success of exhibitions makes it difficult to believe they will ever be out of date. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://design.uky.edu/id243/Final_World_Affair.mp4"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-62671316855438737162009-12-02T16:57:00.000-05:002009-12-02T16:58:01.270-05:00Post Modernity and the Current State of DesignThe 1960s signaled the recognition of several co-existing cultural expressions in art and design, a situation sometimes referred to as Pluralism, in which no single approach to modernity dominated, and the value of all commodities overshadowed former distinctions between good, mass, and popular design (Raizman, p.354). Thomas Crowe summarized this situation by saying, “The avant-garde is the research and development branch of the culture industry.” <br /><br />Architecture<br /><br />Dissatisfaction with modernism affected architecture and city planning before it reached design. In her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs stated her views against “monolithic uniformity of the modernist vision” saying that cities should instead be a sort of patchwork of new, old and renovated buildings that relate to the human-scale of the street level. Five years later (1967) architect Robert Venturi also declared a preference for “messy vitality” over “obvious unity” in a manifesto entitled Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. He flipped the script of Mies van der Rohe’s “less is more” by saying “less is a bore.” Denise Scott Brown’s Learner from Las Vegas launched the postmodern movement saying the building façade should be a medium of communication, and forms of pure information. Ralph Caplan, a critic and contributor to I.D., claimed that boredom from the modernist movement resulted in an inclination towards flashy, colorful, ephemeral products. He stated, “after so many years of clean, stark, unlittered design, product designers, like architects, are saying, ‘Why the hell shouldn’t there be some fun in it?’” Form follows function was translating into form follows emotion, during post modernity. <br /><br />Design<br /><br />For design, postmodernism includes projects and forms that mark the end to the ongoing argument between esthetically-directed or socially-directed design and commercially motivated design, which appeared as a strain of modernism that dominated design theory for much of the two decades following WWII. “Theoretically, postmodernism shares with mass culture a user-oriented approach to design that emphasizes multiple interpretations and meaning and often embraces the ephemeral rather than the permanent characteristics of the design enterprise, exemplified by… performance art and the inclusiveness of popular art forms,” (Raizman, p. 354). Postmodernism also is often discussed in conjunction with post-industrialism and late capitalism, where consumption is the subtext. It is marked by the readiness of businesses to design, manufacture and market new products with ever-increasing speed. Postmodern products were designed on a higher level of sophistication due to an accelerated interactivity between design, manufacturing and marketing through the use of digital technology. <br /><br />Postmodernism, or Pluralism, was the overall theme for the Design Now: Industry or Art exhibition in the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt in 1989. The Formic Corporation requested members of the Memphis design group to design furniture using their new ColorCore product, which could be molded and cut, yielding products like Stanley Tigerman’s Tete a Tete chairs of 1983. Another chair produced using Pluralism design values was Robert Venturi’s Chippendale chair of 1984, which mocked important tenets of modern industrial design, which flaunted its decorating through the use of colorful painting, rather than eliminating ornament or expressing it as subservient. French architect/designer Philippe Starck emerged in the mid-1980s with original furniture designs for sophisticated clients, working with Art Deco and using assembled industrial materials, simple geometric shapes and collapsibility for storage. American architect/designer Michael Graves designed a moderne-inspired tea and coffee service set with polished surfaces and non-functional blue knobs. He was also hired by Target to design a series of household products, for which he used an egg shape for inspiration, saying it was ergonomically friendly design. <br /><br />Technology & Design<br /><br />Digital technology has had a major impact upon the practice of graphic design. The interface of the computer experienced major developments and change during the 1980s, thanks largely to Mac computers. The experience of the user shifted from turning pages to clicking links, showing windows filled with information that was seen, read, and heard—often all at the same time. Programming changed from type and images in electronic code to creating and controlling those object with an interactive mouse that moved across a virtual desktop. Contemporary design is often referred to as “soft” design: the use and manipulation of virtual (rather than real) materials and forms through computer imaging, which allows one to work more dynamically and experimentally in a more interactive and collaborative process.<br />“In a sense, it seemed that the history of design in the US had come full circle. Although most people could not fathom the complexity of the software that enabled them to design their own websites, or that in the future might be enable them to participate in the designing of their own clothes, furnishings, appliances, or automobiles, the transparency of that software’s interfaces gave them a feeling of being closer to the source of things, closer to the basic level of the artisan or craftsperson, than at any time since the advent of the Industrial Revolution.” (Meikle, p. 210). <br />Do you think computer interface and software has helped you in your own design process? Do you think you would reach the same conclusions in your designs without the use of computers and computer programs? Is there a negative side to using computers as part of the creative design process?<br /><br /><br />Reform & Social Responsibility<br /><br />Not unlike so many other contemporary products, phones have become a lifestyle accessory, which is tailored to our age group and aims to help us become the image we would like to be perceived as. Should shopping for a phone result in so many options? Are we really being presented with several quality options, or has the quality and durability of components and materials been degraded and combined with variety to make the phone market another case of planned obsolescence? Has our culture become a “throw away” culture? Or are we now moving away from this direction, heading towards a “green” movement? Perhaps we are only faking this so-called “green” movement as yet another marketing ploy to see more products when none are actually needed by the consumer?<br /><br />Conclusion<br />(But not really because we’re living in Postmodernity/the current state of design!)<br /><br />“Somewhere between universal standards based upon taste, safety, human factors, or environmental impact, and a democratic embrace of the seemingly insatiable desire for individual fulfillment through commodity consumption, there may lie a middle-ground that sustains hope for the future of design, a balance between the permanent and the ephemeral, between nature and the consumer-dominated culture that has emerged during the past 200 years,” (Raizman, p. 363).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-7931910736687831962009-11-19T13:09:00.005-05:002009-11-19T13:16:31.746-05:00The Cultural Impact of Television<p class="MsoNormal">The New York World’s Fair in 1939 held some of the earliest exhibits for television, which was greatly influenced by the culture through the technology of radios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The market opened with DuMont and RCA’s first black and white televisions to the public market.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyS_N1EoOcVP33XS5XAmuNeh4WVhoQbd4F94CKlsxEgqSw2mqjJk_Ox7ZZUHlbpKX11EnazVXxU1GfWj1MlZpk9-6N9eCN3ErFqRuW_UzhV7jNsNa6ewcNW6xYYukPfVjvbbnAlC4Cv4/s320/tv.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405878888254443650" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">During the war, although suburbs did struggle, the television helped to raise the market after the war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The television, just like the image of the housewife began to take on the tool of what was necessary to keep up in social status of the home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>With the new development of the television within the home came the question of ‘Where does the television go within the house’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Spidel 1)<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> In the past, the family sat around a fireplace, but now the television was taking over the living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Even pianos were becoming a thing of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>With this came the new terminology of ‘the family room’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The irony, was this really a family room if the television was the center focal point of interest?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The television created a world of dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The past was called upon again after the war when women were expected to return home to complete housework while the men went looking for jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The television definitely supported this imagery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The woman was perceived as a housewife, the male as the worker for the family, and the children as a definite asset to the “American Dream”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The television shows certainly portrayed the perfect life, but was life really perfect or did the television merely created a fairy-tale lifestyle? (Spidel 2)</p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ctt-nozQsuhcRXHv9JEAs3TziikDCDTRv8DzVwFLoETz7T8whF-z0KkCH3P2IM0tU69QjIVg6OuvCOm81nqdcIzoMZ9BknS3VehAaIrb7EH96oyOcBWP95GvmRr6kFhNVmLre-nZx3o/s320/leave+it+to+beaver.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405879252025382786" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> Similar to past generations where the upper classes would buy radios to blend in with their residential designs, the American consumers were beginning to buy television stands to hide the product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The poor had their televisions on display, while the rich took it upon themselves to make to television seem as though it was secondary to their expansive lifestyles.</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> The television certainly called upon a “glued-to-your-seat” idea for children and families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Families lost “family time” and children lost educational benefits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Television became the drug of the 1950’s and later generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Spidel 3)</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg889i6xOsFXZ888O0bw0j7Cp_Ql83Vei-DXgfXHDiWFcQGWIAa7kSYH__KmsznzxBNNuYztdtj8hp4d2oGbdH9QjnRgTmRcM29TqhdI-Aec8CW0uN4jd3_my3m1XwdEsUhqQcg_i9Gg24/s320/watching+too+much+tv.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405879697560710914" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> Today, we use the television as a means of our central entertainment on a daily basis with no second-guessing ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>An online study states, “on average a child watches a solid days worth of television over one week” (“Kids”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Do you think the television has taken away from family life and more important things back in the 1950’s and has exceeded the limit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Do you think parents should still set time limits for their children? Do you think we move away from the more important things in life to watch our favorite shows?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How has the media used this exhibition and invention to their advantage both in the 1950’s and today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How has television influenced children and their decisions?</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Johnson, Chris. “Kids watching too much TV? Duh!”. 18 Nov. 2009. <ledger-enquirer.com><http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/890874.html></http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/890874.html></p> <!--EndFragment-->Jenna Martinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114106866244341825noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-36107029484885808622009-11-15T17:07:00.003-05:002009-11-15T17:18:11.266-05:00Design and Mass AppealWhen World War II ended, it meant manufacturing no longer needed to be focused on creating goods related to the war effort. Instead, production could be targeted to the consumer market. And that market was growing in numbers, diversity, and economic strength. Returning soldiers ready to get on with their lives, households finally recovering from the Great Depression, and burgeoning business opportunity fueled demand. At the same time, the end of the war effort meant manufacturers needed the consumer market as a replacement market for their products. <br /><br />This flux tended to swamp the “good design” movement, which had sought, among other things, to shape society and educate the public’s taste through exposure to high quality design. Instead a fairly broad eclecticism prevailed.<br /><br /> This eclecticism was further encouraged by the concept of “artificial obsolescence,” which had been championed by advertising pioneer Elmo Calkins early in the 20th century. Calkins viewed every-increasing spending, rather than saving, as the key to prosperity (Gorman 131). His idea to purposely design things so they would become obsolete before their utility was depleted was one way to promote spending. <br /><br />Raizman notes that broad eclecticism not particularly concerned with design standards: “Standards suggest permanence and durability of products, while obsolescence and novelty imply a perpetual state of ‘becoming,’ of desire, where consumption itself becomes a way of life.” (Raizman 295)<br /><br />Obsolescence, however, requires frequent change to the product, which entails risk, so manufacturers of the time tended to focus on changing superficial rather than integral parts of their designs, an approach not unlike earlier industrial designers. <br /><br />A number of financing options for consumer goods, including credit lines and term payments, were also expanded in the postwar era as another way to encourage spending. <br /><br />Companies used a variety of media, including radio and television, which were rapidly expanding into households, to reach consumers. Advertisements linked products to the achievement of status, beauty, and social acceptance (Raizman 295). This interaction of market and media and the interrelated attitudes of consumers is often referred to as “mass culture.” <br /><br />The Automobile <br /><br />The automobile industry made prominent use of the concept of artificial obsolescence, beginning in the early 1950s when the post-war market for new cars in the U.S. was nearly saturated. Ford had applied the concept before the War, but Alfred Sloan, president of General Motors, re-energized it significantly. Sloan’s idea was to differentiate GM’s product line, through visible differences in styling that changed frequently, and offer a variety of models from economical through luxurious to fit most people’s budgets. This differentiation helped to equate car buying with social and personal mobility. The variety of styles and features including massive tailfins, lots of horsepower, and options like convertible tops also provided consumers with a sense of personal expression that enhanced the feeling of freedom that came with automobile ownership (Raizman 296-298). America’s famed love affair with cars is generally traced to this period. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdnmTCPn6oQq09WS3KdxPz2X-w7GpiKcqEkmXNoOWPCOKMj2iMd4CaESPob5ZP0qeepdDU-kJmjG4o-f_gCXMZgN9pBTf5fRLmcT5Z3QmrSLk_JugTzbsewItgttzCc_t-Ud7HYyKuZzi/s1600-h/Caddy-wide%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdnmTCPn6oQq09WS3KdxPz2X-w7GpiKcqEkmXNoOWPCOKMj2iMd4CaESPob5ZP0qeepdDU-kJmjG4o-f_gCXMZgN9pBTf5fRLmcT5Z3QmrSLk_JugTzbsewItgttzCc_t-Ud7HYyKuZzi/s200/Caddy-wide%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404457158743321266" /></a><br /><br /><br />The 1954 GM Cadillac El Dorado<br /><br />The 1954 Ford Thunderbird, modeled somewhat on Italian sports cars and priced for a broad market, pushed the idea of buying a car for self-indulgence rather than practical reasons (299). <br /><br />There were critics of the extreme styles. According to Raizman (300), Raymond Loewy thought that the outer forms of Ford, GM, and Chrysler products had wandered too far from streamlined modernism and from the mechanical basis of the cars themselves. His own designs for Studebakers were critically well received but did not sell well enough for the company to survive.<br /><br />The broader cultural debate that had begun with the Industrial Revolution re-surfaced around questions related to whether mass design is a means to manipulate the buying public under the “banner of freedom of choice and democratization of luxury,” (using artificial obsolescence and the advertising that went with it) or whether mass design and mass culture is an “expression of the desire for individuality for a diverse audience” (Raizman 300). <br /><br />Resort Hotels<br /><br />The postwar period also saw another defining contributor to popular design: the resort hotel. These hotels first appeared in Miami and Las Vegas where they were destinations for the expanding base of Americans with interest and means to travel and vacation. Notable among these is Morris Lapidus’s Fountainebleau in Miami, built in 1954 and characterized by sweeping curves, mezzanines, and grand staircases that “seemed to reduce the barrier separating Hollywood from the experience of Americans escaping for a week of vacation at the beach.” (Raizman 301)<br /><br />Lapidus took much of his inspiration from France, which in the postwar period was again associated with the most cultivated tastes, particularly in fashion. His designs, like high fashion of the time, were rich in sensory excitement.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQPoOncLK6Sii42QKH_xKxtX_nTbDTsovQIES92P-ryuPVAFQtc0GDr5d621NEmYB5lzimnttWuIQX0rUgqjKUuUyav2_3Z_ime_bBGy-CcgffIixwYSsMDprqF7sNVx31kgBpCcuaiig/s1600-h/miami_fontainebleau_001p.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQPoOncLK6Sii42QKH_xKxtX_nTbDTsovQIES92P-ryuPVAFQtc0GDr5d621NEmYB5lzimnttWuIQX0rUgqjKUuUyav2_3Z_ime_bBGy-CcgffIixwYSsMDprqF7sNVx31kgBpCcuaiig/s200/miami_fontainebleau_001p.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404457167714999378" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami<br /><br />Las Vegas hotels also emphasized sensory stimulation, extensively using neon lights and incorporating gaming and sexual allusions. <br /><br />The movies, an important component of mass media, glamorized these design developments and exposed them to a broad swath of the American.<br /><br />Housing <br /><br />Housing in the postwar period is closely tied to the automobile and to the automobile industry, which lobbied for federal investment in highways. A more extensive highway system not only made motoring easier, it made it possible to locate homes further from the places in the cities where people worked. <br /><br />Advances in manufactured and pre-fabricated housing also made it easier and cheaper to build further out from cities. Federal investment in low-interest mortgages made it easier for people to buy these houses. <br /><br />This combination of factors contributed to the growth of suburbia in the United States where land was relatively cheap compared to Europe and where home ownership was more closely associated with stability and social status (Votolato 218). <br /> <br />Most suburban housing of the time was fairly traditional and rather modest (Raizman 306). The most common house type was the Cape Cod, but builders also offered Colonial, Tudor, and Ranch style homes. Houses continued the trend toward informality and emphasized comfort and entertainment. Emphasis was placed on the kitchen as the nerve center of the house (Votolato 222) and as a way to market to women.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRfk_1BJt56OPmvi-Ls6p_UwD5qCyQba9kx3BbSenZ3r7RpFAlCzsDKVzpf9JyznrQll_wZFGkdRRQAVRAZqA_2Q3bxMRvaD7mNYBgIl71Lw03wbdZhYPQCuVCdoI1g3jEVDugYh5YJfl/s1600-h/colonial-cape-cod-2268048.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRfk_1BJt56OPmvi-Ls6p_UwD5qCyQba9kx3BbSenZ3r7RpFAlCzsDKVzpf9JyznrQll_wZFGkdRRQAVRAZqA_2Q3bxMRvaD7mNYBgIl71Lw03wbdZhYPQCuVCdoI1g3jEVDugYh5YJfl/s200/colonial-cape-cod-2268048.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404457160932434546" /></a><br /><br /><br />A basic Cape Cod style house<br /><br />New industrial materials like Formica and Naughahyde and materials like aluminum that were redeployed from the war effort reduced the standardization of interior design and decoration (Raizman 307-309). <br /><br />Processed foods and advances in home appliances were targeted to women, often with the dual promise of better homemaking and more leisure time. These messages tended to reinforce the idea that it was a woman’s place to take care of the home (and increase her consumption of home-related goods).<br /><br />Suburbanization is also linked to increased economic and racial segregation as people moved from more diverse urban (and also rural) areas to relatively homogeneous housing developments. <br /><br />Critique of Mass Culture <br /><br />The debate around mass culture that began to take shape in the 1950s continues, although it has new expressions. <br /><br />Raizman (301) frames the debate this way: “…popular culture reveals a paradox, for its expressions may be viewed both as a form of resistance to conformity on the one hand and as acceptance of the ephemeral criteria of mass appeal on the other. In either case, however, the status of the commodity and the capitalist system that creates and distributes it remains paramount, for even resistance most often takes the form of consumption rather than threatening social or political action.” <br /><br />How do you think mass culture has changed since the 1050s? How do people today interact with the market as a means of personal expression? How do people express themselves without interacting with the market or mass culture? What forms of resistance to you see people exercising? What effects do these attitudes and behaviors have on design? <br /><br /><br />References: <br /><br />Gorma, Carma. The Industrial Design Reader. New York: Allworth Press, 2003. <br /><br /> Raizman, David. History of Modern Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc., 2004.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16532165619311615750noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-89675046289475166852009-11-08T15:32:00.006-05:002009-11-08T15:57:24.775-05:00International Modernism: The U.S. and EuropeInternational Modernism in the post World War II period was marked by a shift of material culture from production to consumerism. The consumption based culture made extensive use of graphic design and typography to create a strong corporate culture.<br /><br />Throughout the late nineteenth and early-mid twentieth century, existing and emerging nations (like Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavian countries and U.S.) tried to create, express and promote their individual national identities through design (Sparke, 95). These identities were meant to demonstrate the status and power of a nation, to its citizens and to the world. Design was used as the “commercial face” of the identities, thus resulting in national style. While each one of these countries had their own unique national expressions, France and U.S. became the main proponents of consumerism.<br /><br />France developed its national identity through the production and marketing of luxury items specifically targeted towards women. This created a strong consumer culture based on design. This was expressed in the Paris Exposition of 1925 where a retail culture, with shop fronts and department stores’ pavilions displaying fashionable and exotic merchandise, was evident (Sparke,106). <br /><br />Around the turn of the century, the national identity of U.S. was that of a consumer society, defined by the wants and desires of the marketplace. Mass circulation of magazines, department store, shop windows and advertisements were seen as part of the ‘American way’- a consumer culture (Sparke, 104). In the New York World’s Fair of 1939, U.S. focused upon integrating design into its private corporate image, showcasing its large corporations- General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, AT&T etc. These formed the country’s identity based on industrial design, technology and consumption (Sparke, 108).<br /><br />As other nations followed consumerism, Germany and Switzerland set up standards for graphic design and typography known as the International Typographic Style which was seen in books, posters, ads and trademarks. It was an exploration of visual components of graphic expression and their use in influencing large masses of people (Raizman, 277). There was a strong need for clarity in word and symbol to break barriers of language. Graphic design began to move away from illustration, photography and color. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zdra19CJkm631tc4DM2swKfkw15HflP_mPoBNhqmU25_nk5GoyKXcdTMaZcSbg9t3wB7ZpWcMOrZeA1_-SLcE625XocqsH_ZrRypediefudKILgk29vbkXg73BvWtM4rQbhiW8czz2xb/s1600-h/hof120a.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zdra19CJkm631tc4DM2swKfkw15HflP_mPoBNhqmU25_nk5GoyKXcdTMaZcSbg9t3wB7ZpWcMOrZeA1_-SLcE625XocqsH_ZrRypediefudKILgk29vbkXg73BvWtM4rQbhiW8czz2xb/s200/hof120a.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401836723745755346" /></a>Ideas were communicated universally and effectively with simple reductive means. Swiss artist Armin Hoffman’s 1958 poster for performances at the State Theatre in Basle shows the use of different lines forming associations to stage, music and dance with a brief phrase “Are you a subscriber?” (Raizman, 279). This is a good example of communicating information through symbols and minimum words. Corporations needed international identification, and global events such as the Olympics called for universal solutions which the Typographic Style could provide.<br /><br />During this period, many large multinational corporations adopted consistent policies towards design which translated into corporate culture that the employees of a company could identify with, and that provided performance guidelines to the company. The development of corporate culture led to the subordination of the individual to the company. Trademarks such as those for IBM, Knoll Corporation, ABC etc. became an important part of the corporate culture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhAbugyjYFPQifryWOYpro5-Z9UUslGGxUAeHhPtk0eF1-X20zvaQ9XVL790yMWN91T3SzXR7MRI13-55kAMABUjBivLchmP74VU0XqSafIhYX-VZNAVT4QCAFlsOSWCk3qOhKH9CmGbo/s1600-h/ibm-logo.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhAbugyjYFPQifryWOYpro5-Z9UUslGGxUAeHhPtk0eF1-X20zvaQ9XVL790yMWN91T3SzXR7MRI13-55kAMABUjBivLchmP74VU0XqSafIhYX-VZNAVT4QCAFlsOSWCk3qOhKH9CmGbo/s200/ibm-logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401838552831986706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW0kEtqZsCnCEM96CI8PuRypoyufBoclfgFq39E4LeKOhcSHs9wPr18CVk8R7m2IZsOC3hGdPqMNHjpVJ5s_8GXm6kqG6G8aU9j24FgZsbSgzC7iicl7s3Bi-9vkAdo7uEOW4OjHUH5Ct/s1600-h/abc_logo2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW0kEtqZsCnCEM96CI8PuRypoyufBoclfgFq39E4LeKOhcSHs9wPr18CVk8R7m2IZsOC3hGdPqMNHjpVJ5s_8GXm6kqG6G8aU9j24FgZsbSgzC7iicl7s3Bi-9vkAdo7uEOW4OjHUH5Ct/s200/abc_logo2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401838548995513186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopxuSFNk4p7Qm2Kh4LVN_kbrzkVsqQR-2VgA7Luk9mYSvut_O1mC0L4BgInjCag0E5eWFJZz-pit1x_UmFo6M9ZNf1XT9dfsjk1x45mHHGQPnbjVwq7r_eUGhUtXsR1jZgqyY4Q_SWVUH/s1600-h/1947_circle_k_red.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopxuSFNk4p7Qm2Kh4LVN_kbrzkVsqQR-2VgA7Luk9mYSvut_O1mC0L4BgInjCag0E5eWFJZz-pit1x_UmFo6M9ZNf1XT9dfsjk1x45mHHGQPnbjVwq7r_eUGhUtXsR1jZgqyY4Q_SWVUH/s200/1947_circle_k_red.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401838545012887970" /></a><br /><br />Is there an emerging predominant national design style/philosophy in U.S. at this time? What is it focused on? Is it being used to influence the corporate culture? <br />Weigh the positive and negative effects of having a corporate culture.<br /><br />Does graphic design, specifically in signage, today have influences from the International Typographic Style? Do you notice any relationship between the two?Vintihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495130382625364749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-44316252461656383762009-11-01T23:25:00.002-05:002009-11-02T01:16:29.066-05:00Art, Design and Industry (Art Deco): The beginning<div><div>The beginning of the Art Deco period was motivated by the admiration for the beauty of new geometric forms and technology possibilities. technology was beginning to accelerate to great extents in which large quantities could be produced in less time. The pace in which goods were produced stimulated the quality of life for the wealthy and the middle class because they could afford these new luxuries. Because of the boost in technology and new advancements, this period is also known as the "machine age."<br />The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was significant because it stimulated public interest in newer designs by the artwork that was displayed. Museums promoted modern styles emphasizing the integration of art into the lives of the middle class and for the ability of the decorative arts to raise the level of public tastes (Raizman, 206). <em>Vogue</em> and <em>Vanity Fair</em> were popular magazines that used illustrations to cultivate the image of modern life associated with fashion, sport, travel, etc. This method is still very successful today. Geometric shapes were very popula<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wBMm0XSN9uk/Sksoa42m6fI/AAAAAAAAKMk/dfuYNzrLkcY/s400/DP32,031.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wBMm0XSN9uk/Sksoa42m6fI/AAAAAAAAKMk/dfuYNzrLkcY/s400/DP32,031.jpg" /></a>r such like the designs of Raymond Hood and Ruth Reeves. These designs were very similar to Frank L. Wrights horizontal and geometric features in his architecture. Hood created furniture and interiors that emphasizes industrial materials and angular geometric decoration (Raizman, 208). Reeves's "electric design" uses zigzag overlapping shapes to convey the speed and man-made power of electric energy (Raizman, 208). Another very geometric design was the Skyscraper bookcase designed by Paul Frankl. We fimiliar with Skyscraper as being a tall building but it can also be used to refer to furniture of the Art Deco era, it has a strong sense of verticality with rectangular shelving sections.<br />Like most design periods, interiors during the 20th century were based off of past centuries. The wealthy homes inhabited large, heavy brick or stone with comfortable frame houses while the interiors echoed ideas from the Aesthetic Movement with wide rooms, soft hangings and old mahogany (Meikle, 89). Most families of good wealth had a bungalow and living areas were scattered with decorative flower motifs and elaborate designs on fabric resembling the Victorian era (Meikle, 89). The poor lived in rickety little houses with old pieces of furniture, solid heavy quilts and very few furniture if any (Meikle, 89). Luckily, the machine age required art to be simplified so that people from any class could enjoy the products and it would be cheap enough for the most people to afford it<a href="http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/modelT.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/modelT.jpg" /></a>.<br />Henry Ford is an important figure in this period who is widely known for his productions of the automobile, specifically the Mobile T which is a type of car he invented. The automobile transformed the way people live, work, and how to identify themselves whether they have a car because they need it or to show off their economical status.<br /><br />What are museums used for today? Do you think an art museum today still stimulates new ideas and designs for the future? Money is always a huge influence on where you live and what items you can afford to have, how does money affect us today and influence the way we live? does everyone have equal opportunities to own goods or do you think there is a large gap between wealthy and poor?</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-8303341992627025072009-11-01T10:58:00.003-05:002009-11-01T11:56:33.881-05:00Art Deco & Industrial Design: The Industrial DesignerThe profession known as industrial design emerged during the Great Depression of the 1930s (Meikle p.105). Many of the early industrial designers started out in the advertising business and dealt a lot with stage and set designs for theaters. An industrial designer is neither just an artist, nor simply an engineer, nor a market researcher but rather a combination of all three (Sparke p. 94). What did these industrial designers do? As <i style="">Fortune </i>magazine of 1934 explained: “Now it was the turn of the washing machines, furnaces, switchboards, and locomotives. Who was to design them?” (Spark p. 96) And the answer to that question is the industrial designer. The industrial designer was now in charge of coming up with all different kinds of machines for the new modern era. The problem with this was that the designers struggled to find a machine aesthetic both intellectually defensible and commercially viable (Meikle p. 113). They wanted to create a style that was an honest expression of the technology of this new modern life. The style they developed was called streamlining. Streamlining was based on the new science of aerodynamics and borrowed from the emerging technology of aviation where it was both functional and organic (Meikle p. 113). Streamlining allowed a vehicle to travel much faster by eliminating the wind resistance. <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some of the industrial designers that were very prominent at the time were Walter Dorwin Teague, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfuss and Henry Ford. Henry Ford is one of the first industrial designers. The automobile was the most significant technology of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, transforming the way almost all people lived, worked, and identified themselves (Meikle p. 102). Henry Ford’s mass production using the assembly line helped the automobile become so popular. The Model T transformed popular fantasy into universal reality (Meikle p. 102). By 1928, there were more than 20 million automobiles registered, one for every six people (Meikle p. 102). This changed the world forever. Another industrial designer was Walter Dorwin Teague first worked as an advertising agent before he designed industrial products. Many of his designs were informed by a desire for simplicity and unity as well as a belief in the ability to design to improve the quality of life by promoting an awareness of taste and discrimination (Raizman p. 215). One of Teague’s most well known developments are the redesigning of several cameras for Kodak. Norman Bel Geddes was very influential with the streamlining of the automobile. He came up with several prototypes for a streamlined automobile but unfortunately they were never put into production. He did however serve as a consultant to the Chrysler Corporation for the 1934 Airflow, which adapted a more unified approach to the construction of the grill, hood, and windshield (Raizman p. 216). The Airflow contributed to a streamlining fad among the public and convinced GM and Ford to use it throughout their automotive lines (Meikle p. 118). Streamlining also started having an impact on the railroads, such as with the Zephyr. Raymond Loewry first worked in illustration, window dressing, and advertising before he founded his own industrial design firm in 1929 (Gorman p. 155). His office designed trains, Greyhound buses, Coke bottles, International Harvestor farm machines, the Skylab, and many other products for the world’s largest companies over the next 50 years (Gorman p. 155). His desire was to naturally give the pubic the most advanced product that research can develop and technology to produce (Gorman p. 155). He also served as the in-house “art director” for Westinghouse radio cabinets from 1929 to 1931 before becoming an independent consultant and designing car bodies for Hupmobile (Meikle p. 109-110). One of his major contributions was the Coldspot refrigerator. Lowery emphasized its verticality by using long, slender hinges and running three parallel ribs up the middle from bottom to top (Meikle p. 110). Another industrial designer of the time was Henry Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss started out as a set designer working with Geddes. Sears, Roebuck hired Dreyfuss to design a washing machine with the supplier’s engineers (Meikle p. 109). His washing machine was named Toperator and showed a careful blend of functional and psychological considerations. Dreyfuss was very concerned with the functional fit of a product to the person using it. All of these industrial designers became public heroes, filling the pages of popular magazines, which even described what they even had for breakfast (Sparke p. 98). They soon became symbols of the modern age, pointing to the future at a time when economic situation was less than optimistic (Sparke p. 98). </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Without the invention of industrial designers where do you think we would be today? Who would have made those products that the industrial designers made? How large of an impact do you think industrial designers has had on the world today? </p> <!--EndFragment-->kengelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907445540629163461noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-65745216627282727342009-10-26T03:35:00.002-04:002009-10-26T08:34:03.486-04:00Technology and Modernism: DE Stijl, Constructivism<div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif, fantasy;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">De Stijl</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">De Stijl means the style for Dutch and also, the name of a journal that was published by Dutch painter, designer, writer, and Theo van Doesburg in Holland.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>During the World War </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">I, Netherland was remained natural, so Dutch artists were not able to leave the country thus the art was separated from the world. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">Dutch designers used Frank Lloy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 21px; ">d Wright's design, that was flat roof and overhanging eaves, in their own architecture. Also, they extend the principle in many different parts such as painting, sculpture, typography, furniture, interior ensembles, and architecture.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">For Van Doesburg, interior space and architecture were considered as a sort of walk-in painting. Mondrian had similar ideas but more emphasis on harmony and balance. He used asymmetrical formal balance </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">by using only straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">. He introduced the new conception of art as Neoplasticism or the “New Plastic” which means the general principle of plastic equivalency. In 1920, Mondrian and Van Doesburg designed a new cover for De Stijl. This new cover was provided Neoplastic idea. Mondrian also believed that art and life should be together that means art should not be separated from living.<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 13px; ">file:///Users/eunyoungan/Desktop/images.jpeg</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">Especially, for Van Doesburg, color was important. He used color for better understanding abstract arts of work. In his work, the color helps to reinforced integration, unity and balance. Van Doesburg designed the patterns for colored brick tiles in a Duch building and window composed of colored squares for another building.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">Probably, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Schröder House in Utrecht</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"> is the best known architecture for De Stijl project. This house has been built completely according to De Stijl principle. Especially, in the interior space, this building was created a “living” of work of non-objective art.<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 13px; ">file:///Users/eunyoungan/Desktop/180px-RietveldSchroederhuis.jpg</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">Constructivism<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Constructivism was created in Russia around 1925. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It started for Soviet Workers Club. The artist and designer Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) designed the reading room and furniture. This Soviet furniture was built in a workshop setting rather than commercially manufactured. These forms were standardized and used for collective values for the Communist society.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935) is the most representative artist for abstract non-object style of art. He used the term Suprematism and noted the similarity between the geometric rectangular form and the form of modern technology. Malevich helped the Suprematist through the school (UNOVIS). This school was not only recognition of the non-objective art but also, purpose of propaganda.<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 13px; ">file:///Users/eunyoungan/Desktop/images-1.jpeg</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">El Lissitsky (1890-1941) worked with Malevich at UNOVIS, he used the abstract art as a means to a political end. In 1922 El Lissitsky published as international journal of the new art<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“ object”. This journal had articles and photographs about fine art, decorative art, and industrial products. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">Rodchenko was one of the artists who directly addressed collecitve social needs through his work. His works were shown through the organization INKHUK(The Institude of Artistic Culture).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The concept of the “artist-constructor” was applied to his design. During the early 1920s, there was a change. The young Constructivists had turned to realism. The Constructivists hope that further developed the contribution of the “artists-constructor” in Russia. RodchenKo’s posters were very influenced in that period.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 36.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia">What do you think about the De stijl and Constructivism? These two movements were related and very influenced to the society. Do you think arts should be affect to the society, or not? What do you think the beauty from the abstract of object like De stijl principles?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:바탕;mso-bidi-font-family:바탕;mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Eunyoung Anhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155685973749941234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-26705687511162554282009-10-26T03:33:00.000-04:002009-10-26T03:34:28.469-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif, fantasy;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>Eunyoung Anhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155685973749941234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-77508594539557668342009-10-25T16:59:00.010-04:002009-10-25T17:15:25.420-04:00Technology and Modernism: Bauhaus<span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89j945hAwMIQVrI7AepxDSCAN8RC3XbSG0nb-2u1_wyCNliXO1hcSAsadPvv0hE4gnJArVT2R9yasNvVVVA0fqy37JHR76YBEPvCgqePufI-gdpqMD-Sq2ZO5CSzcvzg2Nv5VBr1_qs4/s1600-h/Bauhaus.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89j945hAwMIQVrI7AepxDSCAN8RC3XbSG0nb-2u1_wyCNliXO1hcSAsadPvv0hE4gnJArVT2R9yasNvVVVA0fqy37JHR76YBEPvCgqePufI-gdpqMD-Sq2ZO5CSzcvzg2Nv5VBr1_qs4/s200/Bauhaus.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396646554178675986" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">German architect and designer, Walte</span><span style="font-size:100%;">r Gropius, headed th</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, which began with the combining of the Ac</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ademy of Fine Art and the School of Applied Arts. Staff members of the</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Bauhaus included some of the most influential expressionist paint</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ers of the time – Lional Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, a</span><span style="font-size:100%;">nd Oscar Schlemmer – who, although sometimes collaborated teachings, specialized in specific a</span><span style="font-size:100%;">reas of study.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The ins</span><span style="font-size:100%;">titut<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1xV0VzKL3b7rease7227ItqQDHcymAHhtdbInHwdADSOtoInn6PR8XN_UwY4jd1MYQOmKGxYsDt3wGoEYvN2Ej9ZXDxbLv72XHoy629V-DyPC82Oh0b37nTRgol8K9ELkTMaKJK0YdQ/s1600-h/Bauhaus_Training_Programme_Weimar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1xV0VzKL3b7rease7227ItqQDHcymAHhtdbInHwdADSOtoInn6PR8XN_UwY4jd1MYQOmKGxYsDt3wGoEYvN2Ej9ZXDxbLv72XHoy629V-DyPC82Oh0b37nTRgol8K9ELkTMaKJK0YdQ/s200/Bauhaus_Training_Programme_Weimar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396646908295368834" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">ion’s guild-inspired system allowed for exploration of art and design, but also called for some concentrated learning as well. The Bauhaus’</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> goal was to bring together all cr</span><span style="font-size:100%;">eative effort into one</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art – sculpture, painting, handicrafts, and the crafts – as inseparable components of a new architecture (Gorman, 98). This new architecture was idealized in the design and construction of the Bauhaus’ second location in the city of Dessau (th</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e Bauhaus was forced to move in 1925 due to </span><span style="font-size:100%;">economic and political problems). With Gropius designing the new buildings himself, he developed what was then classified</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> as the ‘International Style’. The term reflects the fact that modernism was not marked by the strong national differences typical of earlier design (Pile, 330). The interior and exterior designs reflected each other, both expressing simplicity and functionality. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Unfortunately, the Bauhaus was f</span><span style="font-size:100%;">orce to close in 1933 under the direction of Mies van der Rohe, due to both financial pressures and the hostility toward all avant-garde ideas that marked the rising of the Nazi movement (Pile, 330). Although the school closed, many of its teachers and students took their knowledge and spread it to different areas throughout Europe, and many even traveled to the United States to pursue their idea of modern design and express it as desired.</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">The concept of the International Style was a huge movement for design and architecture. It signified the passing of specific national differences and the unification of t</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">hem all. Do you think this movement was disadvantageous in the sense that various places of significant architectural styles lost their prominence? Or was it beneficial because of the integration of one style? Also, was the International Style successful as compared to previously developed styles (i.e. Victorian design, Eclecticism, etc.)? Are the principles behind the International Style something we still see in today’s design field?
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<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4HFH8qdyr09TkTNWevU07gvfZffbukIwusEKfnY7rMTEtdEGhO2hm1qXKhfXnklaU3skzPXzV9j8rHWii6VKJsy7AI_xBB_9FRWriNHLjrQTsul_2np0HKzgjBWtA_sLLHHimgn24r4/s1600-h/10782-004-DAF939DA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4HFH8qdyr09TkTNWevU07gvfZffbukIwusEKfnY7rMTEtdEGhO2hm1qXKhfXnklaU3skzPXzV9j8rHWii6VKJsy7AI_xBB_9FRWriNHLjrQTsul_2np0HKzgjBWtA_sLLHHimgn24r4/s200/10782-004-DAF939DA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396647353124644482" border="0" /></a> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"> <span style="font-family:courier new;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">(</span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >Villa Savoye - International Style Example - Google Images)</span><!--EndFragment--> </div>meagan_mckeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747776432956806886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-417684529381579692009-10-13T19:44:00.001-04:002009-10-13T19:44:56.248-04:00Eclecticism: the Influence of the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts.<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">Eclecticism: the Influence of the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts.</p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">“The Paris Ecole, really the first truly professional school of architecture” (Pile, 301). In Paris, the Ecole school developed a new style of teaching that focused on the history of Architecture, especially focusing on the architecture of classical antiquity. “Fashions<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>drew from (historicism) and travel,..” (Raizman, 31); historical backgrounds were the concept of the School, as seen in the Paris Opera HouseThe Influence from all ways of the past, from Classic Greece to the palace’s of France. The school took ideas from the past and melded them together into a new style; Eclecticism. </p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">Jean-Louis Charles Garnier designed the Paris Opera House, making a major statement of the influence of the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Paris espically.</p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p><img src="webkit-fake-url://22D49FE8-3A21-47E9-B83C-15AE1FBF2D3B/application.pdf" /> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">The influence of the Paris Ecole spread to the United States; “Richard Morris Hunt was at the vanguard of the Beaux Arts of America” (Pile, 303). Hunt’s influence was greatly shown in buildings commissioned by William K. Vanderbilt who commissioned Hunt to do several works, including the Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island.</p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <img src="webkit-fake-url://29D90352-854C-4766-BEA3-452C968FA3BC/application.pdf" /></span></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">The Corinthian columns show a clear reference to the classical architecture style, keeping in the style of Beaux Arts from the Paris Ecole. </p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in">Eventually, the failure of the application of historic elements to the high rise buildings lead to the downfall of the Eclecticism movement. But what did the Paris Ecole school do for the world of design? Can we argue that the grandiose buildings were a symbol of the accomplishments of the predecessors of architecture up to this point? Or should we say that at this point in time the Architects ran out of original ideas? </p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Mark Leavenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12790606111917631228noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-83185377771489696672009-10-05T15:42:00.003-04:002009-10-05T15:46:57.537-04:00Art Noveau and the vienna secession: Austria and Unites States<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://843B9554-3708-43DE-9CA5-EE9924FE4547/obey_koloman_moser.gif" alt="obey_koloman_moser.gif" /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> When Art Noveau is thought of, feminine delicate lines come to mind, but this noveau reform is more of esthetic design and the unity of arts that started in France, but later spread all around the world, like Austria and the United states(Raizman, 2004, 80). As it reached Austria, a group of artists and architects formed together that created the Secession. This group “rebelled against the rigidity and elitism of academic standards for the fine arts and sought both freedom of expression as well as active involvement in the decorative arts” (Raizman, 2004, 91). All of the efforts put forth by this group was to improve the decorative arts in Austria. A group that branched from the secession was known as the Werkstatte, who produced many home items, that bore the artists stamp and promoted originality. Art Noveau, at least in the United States, falls down to two people: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Louis Sullivan. Tiffany was the son of the popular Tiffany jewelry company. He was very interested in the decorative arts, and started a firm in 1897. His rooms were overcrowded ( much like victorian era) but took on the awareness of the arts and crafts movement( pile, 296). He eventually got into stained glass and became very well known in that field, especially for his “tiffany” lamp, which even today, is still easily recognized. Eventually, the taste of Americans altered after the WWI, but he is still noted as a leading influence in the art noveau.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://3A614222-C2E8-44F2-8460-CE7F7E17BE77/2am8.jpg" alt="2am8.jpg" /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://87A1C131-0D1C-4C7A-BBDF-19FEC1F22E38/wainwright.jpg" alt="wainwright.jpg" /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The more popular figure is Louis Sullivan, creator of the saying “Form follows function.” He started a firm with Adler, who worked on the technical side while Sullivan worked with the design aspects. He was particularly fond with skyscrapers, which led to a string of well known buildings that have a vertical influence on the outside, with ornamental detail on the inside(Pile, 297). Throughout all of his buildings, he was very interested in the idea of a tall building being a design solution, and getting use of out height that could be created. Examples are the Wainwright building(done with Adler), the Guarunty building, and the Bayard building. What do you think Sullivan meant by form follows function? And you you think he carries this out through all of his design? <br /></p>jmboga2http://www.blogger.com/profile/01882949370337731495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-67559808375239628872009-10-04T12:39:00.010-04:002009-10-04T13:10:51.280-04:00Art Nouveau: Europe<p class="MsoNormal">Art Nouveau: Europe - Applicable Arts and Crafts</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As the Arts and Craft movement was struggling to catch on in America, Art Nouveau was developing in Europe, most notably in France and Belgium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While Art Nouveau shares the same values of naturalistic forms and functional design as the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau embraces the machine to make design affordable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s forms are typically associated with swirling linear styles in posters, furniture, and applied decoration in nineteenth century Europe, but can also be seen in a variety of architecture (Raizman, 80).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">At the time of Morris death in 1896, Henry van de Velde was applying his ideas of craftsmanship and function to help create Art Nouveau.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>On one hand van de Velde agreed that every element of a design should be functional, on the other hand he often argued that well supervised mass production could make design more accessible (Gorman, 47).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This approach helped Art Nouveau bridge the gap between the old man-made century and the new century of technology.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqJFUMWw1VeZvAW34uRUsUuVjeY5HEE4CeC8KiCRtH8o-LR0sTvJ5XB1_nj5r9ITJjVILKtncEECqaUNOzaQR0cCHFspvysE8bhPh6xx1oHxQZoRoQzrsDAp8lYpKyJ8j04LRuvj8M5Q/s200/guimard-metro.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388787742698668626" /><p class="MsoNormal">In Hector Guimard’s entranceways to the then, new metro system in Paris, plant forms like tendrils and flowers in cast iron were used to create a dramatic feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His concept draws upon Arts and Crafts reference to nature but makes it modern through the use of cast iron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Depending on the angle of view, the ornamentation takes on a new meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is a key element of Art Nouveau, every line has a meaning instead of being strict ornamentation (Taschen, 22).</p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlR6zvzRrUrGNolmN91weryJMMNMq1mm1zbCQKCFe3pCUXqPrE3YdHrkVQtkUm1hrnMmpHRldwhTkRqk6SBqAoPo9IfHAPCQdWo7_azAgTCjg2qfgCn5PqIxzfzwF6JZV0w2-9LqN4Yc/s320/xir185123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789805514120674" /><p class="MsoNormal">This can also be seen in van de Velde’s kidney bean inspired desk.<span> </span>The form of the desk fits an owner’s outstretched arms and spread out work while using a candlestick holder for light.<span> </span>The shelves are continuous off set lines which help create the overall effect of the kidney bean, thus again the ornamentation is helping to create the desk (Taschen, 23).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />In Scotland Charles Mackintosh designed interiors that took advantage of prefabrication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATdt1klnTvqRoF_xX7yuFYrfglBrq4Ul9sneKt8a0XegYXmo5ST4Be1yTLAWQ3eQaLxL4y2iQYXbkXTpZxLkrsMXJREPwbJsn2x_r0FpO8AsTTwhr4MHB-bL2SEznY8oSVKup9vsHYpQ/s200/mac+lib+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388788660477733346" />While he believed in industries, he also believed it was the responsibility of the designer to use the products in inventive ways (Raizman, 91).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In the Library of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh used constructed vertical and horizontal beams to create the rhythms of Celtic art, floral, and vegetable forms (Raizman, 91).This can also be seen in van de Velde’s kidney bean inspired desk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The form of the desk fits an owner’s outstretched arms and spread out work while using a candlestick holder for light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The shelves are continuous off set lines which help create the overall effect of the kidney bean, thus again the ornamentation is helping to create the desk (Taschen, 23).<div><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 66px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmazB4Tbe3XkwqnYkbFamwApjanJSkWm9HHE4OHD_OMsb2iUbFJeRBp-A6VLH8JbtnXgNmGQafCgXt-kPHYeMb8KFiB33FECMTcagRJUbrkB_2Kn9dlnG7f8YdLtN2oujlZQfjzkLTpyM/s200/moma_11030001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388790568757332370" /><p class="MsoNormal">Since Art Nouveau was predominately targeted at the middle class, inexpensive poster designs were created to advertise entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Instead of the traditional form of a poster, which had a picture in the middle with text at the bottom or top, Art Nouveau posters were massive in scale and integrated the text with the picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In Manuel Orazio’s poster for Loie Fuller he incorporates a naked women covered in sheer fabric and flowers (Raizman, 88). This portrays a theme of metamorphosis and also relates back to Art Nouveau reference to naturalistic forms.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Art Nouveau began with a specific idea and evolved into many applications. Art Nouveau designs will continue to be used in the nineteenth century, from Antoni Gaudi to Victor Horta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While expressive transformation of nature can be seen through out, the movement was overall heterogeneous (Raizman,, 91).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Through the different applications do you thing Art Nouveau successfully carried out its goal of simplifying forms (often through nature) but using mass production?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Did the influence of technology create ornamentation again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In what ways today do we depend upon technology to “decorate” our buildings?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Is it successful or do we need to once again draw upon history with man made craftsmanship? </p><p class="MsoNormal">(Verlag, Benedikt T. <i>Art Nouveau. </i>Hohenzollernright: Tashen, 2007. Print.)</p> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Melissa Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11357229705738709343noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-13762924864946564202009-09-29T14:47:00.002-04:002009-09-29T14:56:51.089-04:00Arts and Crafts Movement: Britain<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Towards the end of the nineteenth century many outspoken and influential writers, artists, and reformists began to rebel against the overly ornate, machine-made, Victorian style and strive for more simplistic, man-made pieces. This brought about the Arts and Crafts movement. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>One of the pioneers of the Arts and Crafts movements was John Ruskin, an art critic, writer, and social reformer who believed that the beauty of an objects was found in its construction. The method, the materials, and the struggle of the artist were to him just as important as the finished object. He disliked the “perfection” of the objects made by machines because he thought that it was not personal and the workers creating them lacked joy and pride in their work (Raizman 107). Ruskin concentrated more on the spiritual benefits of design than the technology, production, or beauty of the products. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://8EB64CF9-E9B5-4448-BC4E-E4EB96ADAAD2/image.tiff" /><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A contemporary of Ruskin’s, William Morris, was also a big contributer to the Arts and Crafts movement. Morris was not only a designer, artist, and craftsman: he was also a poet, novelist, publisher, socialist, translator, and public speaker. He too disapproved of the emphasis placed on money, material goods and the over- indulgence of the Victorian Era. He began his interest with design through the interiors of his own house (Red House, designed by Philip Webb). Rather than buying the furniture for his house in shops, William Morris and his friends decided to create the pieces for his home which later lead to the firm Morris, Marshall, and Faulkner (109). The firm moved away from the creation of furniture and toward the design of patterns for ceramic tile, embroidery, wallpaper, carpets, and printed fabrics (111). He refused to use machines to creates his patterns which were focused on nature and were two-dimensional. Despite his best efforts to “overthrow” the use of the machine, his hand-made design were more expensive and took more time to create. He realized that man would have to learn to work along with the machine to be successful. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><img src="webkit-fake-url://47FC5330-2DAE-45BF-959D-FC5BEC446188/image.tiff" /> <img src="webkit-fake-url://5273A958-8CAA-4343-ADA9-6A7BC283D8FD/image.tiff" /> <img src="webkit-fake-url://4F2D1835-24F4-42EF-8BC4-23EBE2B52856/image.tiff" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Do you think that even because they realized that they could not completely do without the machine, the Arts and Crafts Movement was still successful? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Do you believe that as a society we have once again turned our backs on hand-made goods and opted for more cheaply made machine products? (EX: buying products from IKEA instead of from local craftsman)</span></p><div><br /></div> <p></p>caitlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024132826893559969noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-73417978681739268692009-09-27T18:39:00.003-04:002009-09-27T18:50:55.178-04:00The Craftsman Movement & Frank Lloyd Wright<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">In rebuttle to the ostentacious Victorian style, the Craftsman movement emerged in Amercia, practically making a 180 degree turn from the gaudy heaviness of the Victorian era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Several individuals contributed to the development and spread of this style but Gustav Stickley is often recognized as the leader (Pile 275), and Frank Lloyd Wright is remembered for his work developed in his style.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Stickley made huge strides in the popularity department of the movement by starting a magazine called “The Craftsman,” featuring current Craftsman homes and furniture (Pile 276).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Stickley’s own personal furniture style included very simple design; natural materials like wood and leather, hand crafted joinery, and very little if any ornamentation (Pile 276).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <img style="border:1px solid;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DGwSV40OT9Xd4M:http://www.charlesandhudson.com/archives/mission-fireside-table.jpg" width="129" height="81" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Stylistically the Craftsman movement was the stripping away of everything Victorian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Where before there had been rich embellishment and deep carvings, now there were smooth surfaces, clean geometric lines, more natural materials, and detail only from the constructed form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It came to sometimes be called Mission because of its close resemblance to furniture made previously for the California missions (Pile 276).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Stemming off of Stickley’s work, Elbert Hubbard established Roycroft, producing mission furniture and posing a direct competitive threat to Stickley’s sales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> <img style="border:1px solid;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:NyshTiYrP1cOGM:http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/fheitzman/Frank%2520Lloyd%2520Wright.jpg" width="101" height="145" /> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Frank Lloyd Wright, though pursuing a continuation of the Craftsman style, had a more narrowed approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He strongly considered the relationship between the plan of the home and what was seen throughout or experienced within its walls (Mallgrave 135).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He strove for an organic quality to the house, all of its elements naturally coming together to form a unified whole, considering the aesthetic to be an expression of the structure as a solution to a problem, rethinking the concept of style (135).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To him, the final product should be an expression too, of the process employed to construct it, and not a cover up act. It should be one in unison with its environment, and not devoid of context (135).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In analyzing the Craftsman movement, do you think this trend could be one that might catch on again today or have we leaned too much toward the Industrial Revolution’s steel skyscrapers, prefabrication, and machine-based construction to come back around? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Relating back to some of the questions discussed during the sections on the Industrial Revolution and the development of fossil fuels, what effect do you think a continuation of the Craftsman’s push toward natural materials like wood, and hand- rather than machine-crafted elements, would have done for our current situations (such as pollution, dwindling amounts of natural resources and our undeniable dependence on them, global warming, etc.)?</p> <!--EndFragment-->Clay Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334320117182321501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-44801420978260975302009-09-21T03:11:00.014-04:002009-09-21T05:52:09.626-04:00Design Reform and the Aesthetic Movement<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT2K6b6bewUjMreUwhqWDzqpExSsNkqblB0fWIiUrJeuGDFDsGWQ7xZ7lbDPV3HW9F9sQnybz5FnBbwj9bKySULEK80MnE6bMmUU4xlyVQEzbcQIL-PvVUIuLW1X26hFzaDSQA3mFdFg/s1600-h/labor.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383840084983563186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT2K6b6bewUjMreUwhqWDzqpExSsNkqblB0fWIiUrJeuGDFDsGWQ7xZ7lbDPV3HW9F9sQnybz5FnBbwj9bKySULEK80MnE6bMmUU4xlyVQEzbcQIL-PvVUIuLW1X26hFzaDSQA3mFdFg/s200/labor.jpg" /></a>With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, both socio-political and design concerns were surfacing in the early part of the nineteenth century. While the increase in manufacturing productivity had created a new middle class with the economic power to purchase the abundance of products being produced, it had also created an urban laboring class. Laborers suffered from long work days, low wages, and perilous working conditions. Cities became overcrowded, unsanitary and disease-ridden. Working class discontent and labor uprisings pointed to the need for reform. </div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The glut of manufactured goods created concerns over declining production quality. Beginning in the 1830s, the British government was actively steps toward design reform. The Select Committee on Arts and Manufactures, which was under the Board of Trade, sought to increase manufacturing exports by taking steps to improve manufacturing. During this period schools of design were established. The Select Committee advocated for a "balance between beauty and utility and the use of decoration derived from the study of botanical forms" (Raizman 50). The goal was to apply a common standard of taste. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsW2bBcoeJxXyK2y1UhT_ZS46deGYw3FAXLJd40Xa6NDxYm43Hy3SdhltPVfutd-pRhrMdQ7PaE9e9j8fZX6zZICzlZO8Wt3a8kH-GOjDK0zTPrkQ2Czj9CkCLBQ53dcEU9gqpAagNAsg/s1600-h/Exhibition_1385910c.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhJzOhDt6o_6Q18LnjAYunGtm8IvScImkyvlSRMXVtFoiG_dtu3L8yGSCDWdbNfsm75NLJwvtZkdnjtgUM_QUq5vY9jZjOx7ru6PXv5FGUuZz1RPuOwZUQ8Ulg94rXaOdOF0uRe15hFs/s1600-h/Exhibition_1385910c.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383852325050507746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhJzOhDt6o_6Q18LnjAYunGtm8IvScImkyvlSRMXVtFoiG_dtu3L8yGSCDWdbNfsm75NLJwvtZkdnjtgUM_QUq5vY9jZjOx7ru6PXv5FGUuZz1RPuOwZUQ8Ulg94rXaOdOF0uRe15hFs/s200/Exhibition_1385910c.jpg" /></a>The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was much criticised by advocates for design reform, including Owen Jones, designer and an exhibition organizer, who said that many products showed "novelty without beauty, beauty without intelligence, and all work without faith" (Raizman 55). Other advocates of reform of this time period were A.W.N. Pugin who advocated for Gothic Revival and Charles Eastlake who published <em>Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, and Other Details </em>(1868).</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Design Reform was an effort to apply a level of order and taste to the overwrought eclecticism and excessive ornamentation of the Victorian Era. In the second half of the nineteenth century<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrhWD2hdjeSOx7AKhorF5LpSYdzWuY4wTKVt6BYwAPNDfZp38ymXQ7E9IL8bRP9LzRhq0wTnx2RiwYX07B3tv7rAHthGWQc6hc6hlMammcAS9B1Yw4q8PCtMktB54Jf4oFq_QiTtBgs8/s1600-h/elsie+colony+club.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 165px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383853045679943714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrhWD2hdjeSOx7AKhorF5LpSYdzWuY4wTKVt6BYwAPNDfZp38ymXQ7E9IL8bRP9LzRhq0wTnx2RiwYX07B3tv7rAHthGWQc6hc6hlMammcAS9B1Yw4q8PCtMktB54Jf4oFq_QiTtBgs8/s200/elsie+colony+club.jpg" /></a> these sentiments had gained momentum began to give way to a new approach to design. This age of reform is characterized by streamlining, simplification and lightening of the heavy Victorian style. Elsie de Wolfe, the first woman professional decorator, was an innovator in this way. She "stripped away the many overlays of things that the Industrial Revolution had made possible by 1851" (Tate & Smith 240). A visitor said of her dining room, that it was "a model of simplicity... gold and white" (238). This overriding focus on beauty, unity, and cohesiveness of design became known as the Aesthetic Movement. "Sources of inspiration, materials, processes, and subjective meaning" were critically important in this movement (Raizman 69).</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_RyW3Y3GA62bdU-axgAYh-CSKNlWCZpTMu5Pf_SPd7jzEcixR-HAL2wlEjVoGajpa3WMiI0HQArPm7MJBZXCRT_R3DKt1s9iwR5mAdFuO_MLQrw_us5SqulWSpZ4pnMHBFUzMPbi8ds/s1600-h/veterans+room.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383851155300225090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_RyW3Y3GA62bdU-axgAYh-CSKNlWCZpTMu5Pf_SPd7jzEcixR-HAL2wlEjVoGajpa3WMiI0HQArPm7MJBZXCRT_R3DKt1s9iwR5mAdFuO_MLQrw_us5SqulWSpZ4pnMHBFUzMPbi8ds/s200/veterans+room.jpg" /></a>The wealthy began employing design firms to handle the outfitting of their homes. One such firm was that of Tiffany & Wheeler, Louis Comfort Tiffany who would go on to found the famous <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4HebmW8kT5NSvQXextVGpIvBCtQLKbqLhH0RqPyO5KAHfKoi8mTD6Wrqq0esCMAXEw6MCrRCxJdjOV-_XmeqS-nII8Dz24tM_ts01pSYna1f_NOdURnKD1mmU5poCfSOfUX5wndPuPQ/s1600-h/PEacock+Lamp+Tiffany.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383852075525160082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4HebmW8kT5NSvQXextVGpIvBCtQLKbqLhH0RqPyO5KAHfKoi8mTD6Wrqq0esCMAXEw6MCrRCxJdjOV-_XmeqS-nII8Dz24tM_ts01pSYna1f_NOdURnKD1mmU5poCfSOfUX5wndPuPQ/s200/PEacock+Lamp+Tiffany.jpg" /></a>lamp company and Candace Wheeler who was known for developing a process for simulating embroidery on fabrics. They worked for such prestigious clients as President Arthur and Mark Twain. Tiffany and Wheeler's design for the Veterans' Room and Library at the Seventh Regiment National Guard Armory, New York, was an intricately patterned and textured space typical of the Aesthetic Movement. Every surface was transformed by some detailing (Meikle 71-73).</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The call for reform would continue to evolve. William Morris and John Ruskin view of design reform would advocate for a new ethical framework linking craftsmanship, artisanship, and social reform. Their philosophies would give rise to the Arts and Crafts Movement.</div><div><br />Questions: Design is cyclical. The Victorian Era has been called Rococo Revival. The revolt against its excesses resulted in the Neoclassical Style. The revolt against Victorian Style culminated in Modernism. Where on the continuum of minimalist to eclectic do you think we are currently? Where do you think design is headed?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730870437289746958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-46244324765614554652009-09-14T08:05:00.002-04:002009-09-14T08:08:56.034-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQqYXoL9pHTcgsUMZB58PoGS0Hr0HcB3vSt_1taNKAOOYVR6oeEcozUj33IIjjUQunqHjjp8dH_4ULonoKgBcD-eShi0xg954Nnj0XmxA0-g28PJnkr1yqQeBjgMKxb1iEBj8GXVegtQS/s1600-h/2935804467_5da42afb02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQqYXoL9pHTcgsUMZB58PoGS0Hr0HcB3vSt_1taNKAOOYVR6oeEcozUj33IIjjUQunqHjjp8dH_4ULonoKgBcD-eShi0xg954Nnj0XmxA0-g28PJnkr1yqQeBjgMKxb1iEBj8GXVegtQS/s320/2935804467_5da42afb02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381293832380515122" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">The Victorian era was the blast into skyscrapers. The demand for skyscrapers was a process. As business’s developed and grew their demand for communication also grew. Because the telephone had not been invented yet, it was highly important for the business activities are in close proximity to each other. The results were overcrowding in offices and the “business district”. This also led to costly land prices and high rents. Because the cities were limited in growing space there was only one solution: to build up. Masonry and columns had prevented this upward growth until now with the introduction of cast iron. Cast iron was an extraordinary material. Its main advantage was that it could be prefabricated. This prefabrication was also used with glass to fill the exterior of these new skyscrapers. Wooden floors came next and were extremely dangerous because they were very flammable. Because of this fire hazard architects preferred to use masonry on the outer walls to create a fire barrier. The next improvement in skyscrapers was the wooden floors. They were replaced with “systems using arches of brick or terracotta tile supported on iron beams and columns wrapped with heat insulation” (258).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">These early skyscrapers do not resemble the skyscrapers of today at all. Today the norm is about 20 to 40 floors but these first ones were souring with only 8 to 12 stories. It was very hard for architects to create these skyscrapers because there was no previous history about them. The most precedent use for skyscrapers was for offices. “The typical office building had rows of small offices arranged along corridors so that every office could be close to windows for light and ventilation” (259).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The commonplace workspaces were open and were used for the busy workers. All the normal business equipment came into view during the late Victorian Era. Some other key inventions were gaslight, which was followed by electricity, and the telegraph followed by the telephone. Meeting rooms and business executive’s offices only differed a little by adding a rug and pictures. Skyscrapers were also used for apartments, retail stores, swear shops, factories, and hotels.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So after reading and understanding the importances of skyscrapers think about these questions:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In your opinion was the development of skyscrapers a good move? Meaning did they improve the way of living or did they somehow hurt it?</p> <!--EndFragment-->Elizabeth Harrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10305609115906185651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-61483243020518112482009-09-14T01:17:00.004-04:002009-09-14T08:06:03.042-04:00VICTORIAN ERA: Impressions and Privacy<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>During the Victorian Era many new technologies and methods were developing allowing for more people to have access to fine furnishings. With several specializations developing in furniture design house plans changed to allow for more rooms, because people could now afford to fill them. Like “Ames” said, much of the design of the front of the house was based on first impressions. Houses developed to allow the host family to keep their guests in the front entertaining rooms and have their private living quarters hidden from view upstairs. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://ED2C8D0C-E0D9-4CEF-8120-95370693960A/jo0101.jpg" alt="jo0101.jpg" /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Many houses had what was called a front hall where guest were first received, here much consideration was given to the furnishings. The larger and more expensive your hallstand and other furnishings, the higher your social standing would seem to the guest who enter your house. The Victorians perfected the concept of controlling the first impression.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What guests had access to was changing, the family now had some control over what other people thought when they came to visit. These new ideas on the importance of first impressions allowed for the development in the concept of privacy. Rooms could now be entered independently, you no longer had to travel through one room to the next, invading the privacy of the occupants along the way. Families could now afford for everyone to have their own bedrooms were they could go to escape in quite. They were no longer forced to all sleep in the same room. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Having visitors became a more common occurrence. As privacy became more of a need then a luxury, designers started to incorporate it into their programming. Dumbwaiters were developed so waiters wouldn’t interrupt a private conversation, back staircases were added so the servants could move around undetected to perform their duties. Victorians at the time were very concerned with what others thought of them and didn’t want to be seem as poor or unable to afford the luxuries. People would sometimes splurge to decorate their front halls and parlors more elaborately then the rest of their houses. You might even say some people still do this today when they buy a fancy sports car they only use for work, or buy designer clothing with large obvious labels to show others what they can afford.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Was the development of privacy a much needed development or was it one of the main contribution factors to the deterioration of family structure? And did this obsession with first impressions stimulate consumerism or was it the other way around, and how can these values be seen in todays culture?</span></p>Casey_Ekershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11230910733892429210noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-76009011518104218162009-09-03T15:37:00.001-04:002009-09-03T15:37:32.398-04:00Industrial Revolution, Part I<span style="font-weight: bold;">Industrial Revolution, part I</span>: step forward or step in the wrong direction?<br /><br />As we have discussed in class, historians relate the Industrial Revolution to that of the Neolithic Revolution, when humans became an agrarian community versus nomadic (Tate & Smith, 1986, p. 219). There is no doubt that because of the Industrial Revolution we have benefited from its many inventions, advancements and improvements. Without it, our lives as we know it would be non-existent. A<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.computing.dcu.ie/%7Epbrowne/Paul_Ancient_Rome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.computing.dcu.ie/%7Epbrowne/Paul_Ancient_Rome.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>s a person that belongs to middle class society, I would not have had the opportunities which I enjoy today if it were not for mass production and technology. In addition, very few individuals would know and understand the same comfort and luxuries we expect today. Still, history shows that the ancient Romans (before the fall of Rome) were a very advanced society and had invented many processes and materials to make life easier and more s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleHFpqPErf3b72CB9KhzXeebXpNQpOwO4A2GCLArpnW65bVjJXVGz5Ev42YOa9MaTqp0QJ8ggKm8h8oP2RozDhOxMCL-ftrymYbpxFdPAJ1m94QCaoz3cNfGJMQ_etb4_rrhKSRyNb80J/s1600-h/Carbon+Footprint"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleHFpqPErf3b72CB9KhzXeebXpNQpOwO4A2GCLArpnW65bVjJXVGz5Ev42YOa9MaTqp0QJ8ggKm8h8oP2RozDhOxMCL-ftrymYbpxFdPAJ1m94QCaoz3cNfGJMQ_etb4_rrhKSRyNb80J/s200/Carbon+Footprint" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242619495636420018" border="0" /></a>ecure. Unfortunately, these methods were lost or forgotten with the fall of the Roman Empire. It took many years before these techniques were revived and improved upon. However, these “improvements” employed different methods than what was originally utilized, and since 1850 we now have 35% more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere (CBS evening news, August 2007). Sooner or later our idea of “comfort” will have to become compromised in the interest of the world’s future. The effects of this change are sure to bring about a new revolution; one that is perhaps more healthy for our environment, but (as some feel) could be detrimental to our way of life.<br /><br />Considering global warming, do you believe that the Industrial Revolution, specifically the discovery of coal and other fossil fuels, was a necessary step forward or a “misstep” in the advancement of modern man? Do you think we would have found the same quality of life if we had continued to develop the technology we were already using (such as wind and water mills)? Explain your answer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342361280354738466.post-1898770781467729982009-09-03T15:31:00.003-04:002009-09-03T15:35:53.081-04:00Industrial Revolution, part II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com/images/BVB_plate3_Floor_Plan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 296px;" src="http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com/images/BVB_plate3_Floor_Plan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Industrial Revolution, part II: Identity and comfort<br /><br /><br />The industrial revolution brought about many changes for human kind. These changes not only took the form of machines and architecture, but were also evidenced in society structure. Some historians have compared this transformation to the Neolithic revolution (Tate & Smith, 1986, pp. 221), when humans began practicing an agrarian society. The industrial revolution also transformed society in a way that allowed people to become individuals, prompting them to question authority and, for the first time, to question their fate. As more and more factories were added, more jobs and wealth was created; people saw this as an opportunity to “make” something of themselves and to “climb” the social ladder.<br /><br /><br />The ideas of “comfort” and “privacy” were still somewhat new to 19th century society yet architecture was beginning to take notice of these desires. In the early years of American history, most of the houses had been small and had few rooms however; most of the houses in the 19th century were separated into spaces that focused on the activity at hand (i.e. sleeping, eating, entertaining, cooking). This idea also translated into commercial spaces; hospitals, shopping centers, churches, and government buildings were all separated based on their unique operations. In addition, due to the efficiency of the machine, people were able to enjoy more relaxation, hobbies, and entertainment. Libraries, museums, and theaters were opened to accommodate leisure activities.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/images/Victorian_fashions.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 273px;" src="http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/images/Victorian_fashions.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While much of the architecture (exterior and interior) during the Victorian period was comparatively similar from house to house, it was the interior décor that provided “identity” and “comfort” to the owner. The more décor, the higher the owner’s intelligence and social standing were gauged. How do you believe this relates to society today? How do you define comfort and identity? What examples can you cite? Be specific.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1