Art Deco and Industrial Design
Art Deco and Industrial Design Industrial designs study how humans interact with devices and environments to solve problems in design and the usage and production of the space. They do this in order to generate a memorable and positive experience for the user. Industrial Design has less of a focus on aesthetics and more focus on increased sales. A large Industrial Designer of the time was Gilbert Rohde he was a Future Designer and Industrial Designer. One of his major works was the Industrial Chest. Art Deco started in the 1920s and was a tension between the Functionalist and Decorators. The Functionalists valued function, simplicity, mass production, and designing for the common person. Decorators valued labor intensive craftsmanship, elite market, and were not concerned with social theory. Art Deco started in France and came into the United States and other European countries at the beginning of World War Two. It had a major influenc...