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80D design midterm
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16
Art/Design
Undergraduate 2
05/10/2012

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BAUHAUS
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“a firm commitment to the fusion between art and technology”

Pure form informed by function. Clean, luxury materials. Little color. uniformity. Standardization.

important people: Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Marianne Brandt, Hannes Meyer, Mies van de Rohe, Herbery Beyer

School for the Modern Movement



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ORNAMENT AND CRIME
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1908
-evolution of culture marches with the elimination
of ornament from useful objects

- “The modern ornamentalist is either a cultural laggard of a pathological case. He himself is forced to disown his own work in three years.”

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DE STIJL
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“sought to explore an elemental design vocabulary in their search for a modern harmonious aesthetic”

-primary colors & black and white

-also called neoplasticism

-important people: Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian

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MARIANNE BRANDT
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-student at Bauhaus 

-teapot

-clock

-light fixures 

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MARCEL BREUER
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CASSANDRE
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JOE COLUMBO
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CHARLES AND RAY EAMES
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ANTONI GAUDI
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LOWEY: ADVERTISEMENT FOR GREYHOUND SCENICRUISER
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BERNARD: FOYER, STRAND PALACE HOTEL, LONDON
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LOOS: INTERIOR, AMERICAN BAR, VIENNA
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BUGATTI: THE SNAIL ROOM
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MACKINTOSH: LIBRARY, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ARTS
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PANTON: CONE CHAIR
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CHAREAU: INTERIOR, MAISON DE VERRE
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