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Art Deco and Industrial Design

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 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...

Emergence of Modernism

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 Emergence of Modernism The Emergence of Modernism was based in the 1900s and lasted until 1950s and developed greatly over this time period. After World War One it was a designer's chance to redesign the world, there were many technological advancements such as: skyscrapers, automobiles, trains, photography, and movie pictures. These advancements added lots of sources to the design inspiration. In this time, they were also concerned with functionalism and what was used to describe the design style. There were many architects that paved the path for Modernism, they were Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbisier.      Frank Lloyd Wright was the first major modern architect, he designed over 1000 structures and completed 532 works in his time. Wright focused on organic architecture and considered the effects on man and the environment. He was big on unity in planning, materials, structure and site. He wanted his architecture to work...