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17 Cards in this Set
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who put an emphasis on technology, mobility, and storage?
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Joe Colombo
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Characteristics of Joe Colombo?
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Italian, one of most influential product designers
Used cylinders a lot, tubes Interested in mobile aspect to new domestic environment Emphasis on techonology, mobility, and storage |
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who created the first chair to be molded from a single material?
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Joe Colombo, universal chair, made of nylon and polypropylene, 1965
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What was archigram?
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Group out of Great Britain
archigram was a think tank, an avant guard group, 1960's Technology influenced this group also Playful and pop inspired "be radical and experimental" Influence seen in design of pompidou centre, paris |
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Archigram wanted to stay away from anything that was?
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stay away from anything that was “establishment” so some art became anti establishment, meaning it moved away from anything traditional
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Archigram was a group that tried to rethink what?
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Rethinking social and physical space
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who wanted the Spirit of original material to live on in the final product of his work?
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George Nakashima
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the environment became a concern during this time as did safety issues in design. who attacked GM for safety issues and attacked companies who put chemicals in food?
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Ralph Nader
(he challenged the "system" and rebelled against progressive obsolescence and consumerism) |
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Whose Argument called for responsible technology ( but not anti-technology) and made designs that were socially and environmentally directed?
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Victor Papanek
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who created the geodesic dome and used materials in logical and efficient way?
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Buckminster Fuller
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What kinds of things were happening and characteristics of the eclectic 80's?
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A rejection of modernist purity (looks at reality in terms of languages, language of art, chosing different types of art that are appropriate for different times)
THE DECORATIVE WAS EMBRACED AGAIN! people realized they could choose different types of art that are appropriate for different times/thigns |
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Whose Argument called for responsible technology ( but not anti-technology) and made designs that were socially and environmentally directed?
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Victor Papanek
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What were some visual aspects of the eclectic 80's?
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Layered
Fragmented Floating, random effects (independence from the grid) Color (either saturated or pastels) Discordant typography (decaying looking type, not unitary; mixed type weights, illegible, wide letter spacing; type becomes super experimental and with the mac it allows you to create new type designs because of technology) legigability goes out the window, no one cares Decorative rules and borders Quoting of historical styles |
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characteristics of Wolfgang Weingart?
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a very influential teacher at Basel, begins to mix fonts
•broke free from the traditional Swiss grid system (one of first to break away) |
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'Swiss Punk’ or ‘New Wave’ is characterized by what?
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•mixing of type sizes and weights; ‘swelling’ of type through photographic overexposure
•layering processes--montage leads to complexity •Influence of new media |
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there were three different ways to make graphics at this time...what were they?
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letter press
photo and computer |
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characteristics of the American New Wave in graphics?
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•mostly designers who studied in Switzerland and returned to the US
•an assault on legibility as primary aspect of design •imaginative, colorful, futuristic designs (can manipulate legability and still have successful design) |
