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Form and Function

Form and Function. Stage 1 Lecture Contextual and Critical Studies Andrea Peach. Modernism. Dominant ideology throughout western industrialised world in art, design and architecture for most of the twentieth century. How things used to look …. Adolf Loos 1928.

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Form and Function

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  1. Form and Function Stage 1 Lecture Contextual and Critical Studies Andrea Peach

  2. Modernism Dominant ideology throughout western industrialised world in art, design and architecture for most of the twentieth century

  3. How things used to look …

  4. Adolf Loos 1928 Essay on Ornament and Crime: “Evolution is synonymous with the removal of ornament from objects of everyday use”

  5. Adolf Loos 1901 “A plain piece of furniture is more beautiful than all the inlaid and carved museum pieces” Armoire - Vienna, Austria

  6. Adolf Loos 1928 Steiner House - Vienna, Austria

  7. Louis Sullivan 1896 “It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and things superhuman… that form ever follows function, This is the law …”

  8. Form and Function Louis Sullivan 1896 “Form and function are one …” Guarantee Building, Buffalo New York, 1895

  9. Modernism USE should determine the FORM of an object If an object is made to function well it will by definition be beautiful (also referred to as Functionalism)

  10. Rules of Modernist Design Objects should be: • simple, honest and direct Well adapted to their purpose No ornament

  11. Rules of Modernist Design Standardised Machine-made Reasonably priced Expressive of their structure and materials

  12. Marcel Breuer 1926 Nesting Tables Germany Nickel-plated steel and lacquered wood

  13. Mies van der Rohe 1927 Cantilever Chair Germany Chrome-plated tubular steel, oil cloth

  14. 1946 “Here is gay, sparkling furniture that brings new beauty and charm into your kitchen … it’s the kind that seems to stay new looking indefinitely” Howell ‘Chromasteel’ USA

  15. Greta von Nessen 1952 ‘Anywhere lamp’ Germany Aluminum and enameled metal

  16. 2006 … Ocean - Bianco Table / Gamma Chairs - chromed tubular steel frame

  17. Modernism A term used to refer to the principle that nothing is included in a design that does not enhance the object’s purpose

  18. Marianne Brandt 1924 Tea infuser Germany, Bauhaus

  19. Deutscher Werkbund 1929 Die Form = The Form

  20. Die Wohnung Stuttgart 1927

  21. Weissenhof Seidlung 1927 Walter Gropius / Marcel Breuer Mies van der Rohe

  22. Giso lights 1928 Rotterdam The Netherlands

  23. Machine Age 1920s “Machines are replacing hand work; the spheres are smooth; the cylinders have the kind of precision only attainable in theory: without fuss, the machine produces surfaces which are faultless.”

  24. Machine Age 1920s Russian Constructivist printed textile

  25. Marcel Breuer 1931 “This metal furniture is intended to be nothing but a necessary apparatus for contemporary life”

  26. Le Corbusier 1929 “Metal plays the same part in furniture as cement has done in architecture. It is a revolution.”

  27. John Gloag 1929 “Metal is cold and brutally hard... It gives no comfort to the eye”

  28. “Modern carpet designs may provide endless entertainment for your friends” Heath Robinson 1936

  29. “De Staalstoelophoon” 1934

  30. Functionalism, Yes, But. The Titanic - Photomontage Stanley Tigerman, 1978, USA

  31. Alessandro Mendini 1978 1925 “Redesign of Modern Movement Chairs” Wassily by Breuer, Italy

  32. Functionalism, Yes ... Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair 1929

  33. Functionalism, Yes ... 1929 21st century

  34. Form Follows Function Susan Lambert V&A Museum 1993 Functionalist Design George Marcus Prestel 1995

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