VISD-2001 Lecture 5: 5
15 Feb 2017
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International modernism: war time research and development: Collection of the best teams of (cid:494)patriotic(cid:495) engineers, scientist and designers to develop war products. Improve respective war items, with the most destruction in the least of amount of time. Led to huge jump in technological research and development. Encourages the substitution of materials that were used for wartime efforts (metals, alloys, aluminium) 1. 2 gearing the industry for military purposes and reconstruction. Sarah film, helped preserve guns, let to saran wrap which preserved food. Thinking of war today, but designing for the consumers of tomorrow (business for the future) Keeping public aware of the innovations for the nation. 2. 1 products and processes developed during war time & adapted by american entrepreneurs or designers (tupperware & eames chairs) 2. 2 the role of museums and manufacturers in the promotion of good design. Museum of modern arts, encourage the consumption of the variety of modern design available to them.
