ART 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Joschka Fischer, Joseph Duplessis, Punched Card
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Vitruvius- a guiding principle that has found its place in design history. Leonardo- designer as inventor- science and engineering based (father of. 20th century- separation between technical and artistic styling/fashion. Now has to satisfy societal and individual need. Must express individuality of product through appropriate fashioning. Must make function of product plainly visible to user. Must allow latest state of technological development to become transparent. Must not be restricted to the product, consider health, environment etc. Design, which unlike art- requires practical justification, finds this chiefly in four assertions: being societal and functional and meaningful and concrete. Simplify or make possible the use and operation of products. Joschka fischer- grand design, everything is connected: the global economy, trade cycle, demographic developments, and pensions. To define generic patterns of activity to create structure and meaning. History of design is a process of layering and changes the role significance, and function of what survives.
