DSC 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Adolf Loos, Piet Mondrian, Hector Guimard
Document Summary
The great exhibition: a showcase for the world: the crystal palace. A significant shift: the impact of industrialization: michael thonet. Used technology as a way to make designs more available. Bend wood chairs, shipped flat, available to everyone: camera obscura (1822) Replaced the common painter: eiffel (tower) Used artisans and designers to make products: the red house (p. webb, 1859) Societal changes that impacted design: machines began to replace the artisan or the d/m, mass production was becoming the imitation of crafts, technology was creating a new visual language. The designer as self: hector guimard. Used natural design patterns in structures: metro signs, lamp posts, look like plants, against mechanistic style: antonio gaudi. Used natural curves in designs: charles mackintosh (1850s) Used japanese and celtic influences: new visual expressions: the proto-modernists. Gerrit rietveld- the famous red bue and yellow chair. Spoke of the growing distance between d and m as a bad thing.
