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design

theresa m. winge

Fall 2008



design

creative problem-solving (v.)

product (or idea) resulting from

creative problem-solving (n.)



design history

industrial revolution (technology)

modernism (art and philosophy)

bauhaus (education)

³women¶s work´

contemporary design (movements)



industrial revolution late 18th and early 19th century

industrialization of the Western world

impact on fashion

technology

cotton gin

sewing machine

science

textiles

unions

UCLA



modernism late 19th and early

20th c

entury cultural, social, fine

arts, applied arts,etc. movement

experimentation andfragmentation of thehuman experience

characterized bydeviations fromcultural norms

reject tradition infavor of new ways to³make´



bauhaus historyWalter Gropius

1919 founded

Werkbund

movement

Weimar ArtAcademy and the

Weimar Arts and

Crafts School

combine art andcraft (skills)



bauhaus school



auhaus ideology to design team work cooperatively and

combine their skills. to combine the areas of arts and crafts

(skills).

to elevate the status of crafts and

design to the same level as fine arts,

painting, sculpting, etc.

to create and maintain industry

contacts, in order to create designs thatare marketable and user-friendly.



design process



design elements and principles



´form follows functionµ

design motto

form = aesthetic

function = purpose

aesthetic

based onpurpose



bauhaus design critique Design is a collaborative, not individual activity

Not all design iscreated by professionals

Emphasizes production at expense of creativecontribution of consumers/ users/ makers

Political critique of linking morality withar chitecture, and of µWhig¶ interpretation of history as bound up with µprogress¶

Pluralism rather than single-strand developmentthe norm

Form does not necessarily follow function, or new technology

Where are women? The emphasis onar chitecture and product design marginalisesareas like fashion, craft



contemporary designmar cel bruer

studied at bauhaus

changed bauhaus¶

direction from ³arts

and crafts´ to ³arts

and technology´

harvard university

Post-modern

d schools



(1950)



w tneymuseum o amer can art

New York City 1966



contemporary design challenges

human rights

animal rights

environmental issues

social injustices

civil rights (and liberties)

sustainability issues



́women·s workµ

domestic arts home economics

human ecology

dress studies fashion design

apparel mer chandising



green design



virtual design



references

20th Century Desinger Data Publisher. ³Mar cel Breuer´.r20thcentury.com /bios/designers.

BBC Education. ³Walter Gropius´. bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/centurions/gropius/gropbiog.html.

Design Technology. ³Mar cel Lajos Breuer´. www.design technology.org/Mar cel Breuer.html.

Elam, Kimberly. Geometry of Design. Princeton Architectural Press, 2001.

Meggs, Philip B and Alston W. Purvis. Meggs¶ History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006. Flores, G. ³Bauhaus´. History of the Bauhaus. people.ucsc.edu/~gflores/bauhaus/history.html.

Huovio, Ilkka. ³Bauhaus: The New Man The New Technology´. www.uiah.fi/presentation/history/ ebauh.html..

Morgan, Ann. & Naylor, Colin. Contemporary Ar chitects, 2nd edition. Cicago:Saint James Press,1987.

Rowland, Anna. Bauhaus Sour ce Book. New York:Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990.

Sharp, Dennis. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ar chitects and Ar chitecture. New York: QuatroPublishing, 1991.

The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. ³Gropius House´.

spnea.org.

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