Guest Teacher Ms. Gotch
Lesson: Brief History of Design
Goals:
Understand that taste / style / design change
Identify some differences in styles over the last 300 years
Use recognition of style and design elements to design at least three different styles of one kind of object Zartler will check this when he returns(chairs are the main focus of the lesson, but chairs are not likely to make a good toy with a moving part)
Warm Up (Eight (8) minutes total): In the Toy Section of your notebook do the following:
(3 minutes) Who are some people you might want to make a toy for? (list as many as you can)
(3 minutes) Circle one of the folk above; then list things that you think they like below (list as many as you can)
(1 minute) Circle which of the above objects seem like the best focus for making a toy. (Pop corn share out)
In the images below is a (very) simplified and incomplete history of chair designs from Eurocentric Culture (a couple of designs from around the world are included at the end).
For each period of design (at least the ones you respond positively to) you should try to give yourself some notes to help remember the style. Our memories are often strengthened by metaphor. So for example drawing a shape, or line that strongly reminds you of a style; naming a color or pattern; drawing a design detail; or perhaps a fish or flower that seems similar will help your memory, and possibly inspire your own design.
These are all fish: Do they look the same? Why or why not? Do some make you calm? Do others seem funny? Powerful?
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| Percula Clown |
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| smelt |
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| Angel Fish |
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| Queen Angel Fish |
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| Lion Fish |
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| Makrel |
Queen Anne
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| Queen Anne Chairs |
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| Queen Anne Chairs |
What do you notice about this style from the early 1700s? What shapes do you see? (look at the feet and back splat especially).
Federal Period
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| Federal Shield Back |
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| Federal Side Tables with Medalion Inlay |
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| Federal Sabre Leg |
This is the style that was popular around the time of the American Revolution: What shapes and kinds of lines do you notice? What words come to mind? What fish or musician best represents this style?
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| Eighteenth Century Designs |
In the early 1800s, pariticularly in Europe the Empire Design was popular: What shapes do you see? What do you think was valued during this period?
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| Empire Wingback Chair |
Other folk (especially not the rich) might have had furniture that was simpler and more timeless during this period:
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| Shaker Rockers |
A contemporary chair by one of my teachers Elia Bizzari, in a traditional design. Popular during colonial times and onwards.
Victorian Period
What do you think was valued at this period in design? What shapes do you see? What music does this remind you of? Flowers? Fish?
Arts and Crafts
This style is the style of Portland Bungalos. What shapes do you see? What mood or feeling does it provoke?
What makes Arts and Crafts so popular today?
Art Deco
This style was dominant after WWI up until WWII.
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Art Deco Swan Chair |
Steamlined is a word that is often used to describe Deco Design? What other words would you use? What metaphors can you make?
Mid-Century and More Modern Design
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| Mies van de Rohe Barcelona Chair |
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| Eames molded plywood chair |
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| Post Modern Chair |
Some other cultures' designs:
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| Carved Chairs from Africa |
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| Lion Arm Chairs: Africa |
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| Chair from Africa |
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| Ming Period Chair: China |
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| Ming Chair side elevation |
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| Chinese Side Chairs |
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