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1750
Industrial revolution (Men work replaced by machines, new technologies and change in lifestyle) lasted from 18th century to 19th century. -
1796
William Pickering english publisher (importance in the separation of graphic design from printing production. -Poor quality of design and art reform. -Michael Thonet was born. -
1800
New techniques, Gutta-percha, papier mache and cast iron use were increased. -
1808
Henry Cole (Creator of the Journal of design) -
1819
Michael Thonet first wood working shop -
1828
First railroad -
1830
Michael Thonet discovers wood can be bent, and creates his most iconic chair Arts and crafts from 1830-1900 -
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1833
Children work conditions began to improve. -
1836
Parliamentary Committee (The moral state of the nation. Morality and the ethical condition of a nation are reflected on its arts.) -
1837
Royal College of art began
Government schools of design were founded -
1840
End of industrial revolution -
1841
thonet patents the first method for curving solid beech -
1845
henry Cole created a Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce -
1847
Henry cole founded “Summerlyns Art Manufactures” -
1849
Henry Cole did the journal of design and manufacture (first print ever about design in 1849) -
1850
Christopher Dresser- From the late 1850's he designed functional, yet beautiful objects across a whole range of domestic items, including wallpaper, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, carpets, glass and furniture. Silla no 4 de Michael Thonet Arts & Crafts movement started as a result of a reaction from the industrial revolution in England. William morris wanted to create objects that were inspired by nature John Ruskin inspired the movement and wanted to unify art and labor. -
1851
Great Exhibition -
1852
Henry Cole created the Victoria and Albert Museum, National Museum of Art and Design. -
1853
Michael thonet founded Thonet brothers. -
1857
South kensington Museum was opened -
1859
Silla no. 14 de Michael Thonet -
1860
Aesthetic Movement, William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti explored new ways of living against the standards of the age. -
1861
William Morris created the Morris, Marshall & Faulkner (decorative arts firm) -
1862
Dresser wrote “The art of decorative design” -
1863
Adamo Boari (Italian Civil Engeneer, Designed: “El palacio de Bellas Artes” and “El palacio Postal”) was born. Died in 1928 -
1864
Toulouse-Lautrec is born. He was a famous painter and poster artist influenced by japanese style and Edgar Degas (impressionist). ● At the Moulin Rouge ● The Streetwalker -
1870
Josef Hoffmann was born in December 15th in Prinitz Czech Republic. Hoffmann founded the Wiener Werkstä tte. The collaboration of artists, designer architects and artisans enabled the realisation of the ‘total artwork’. Hoffmann’s designs were based on simple and clear proportions and employed rich, high-quality materials. -
1871
The arts and crafts movement was created by Ruskin and Morris because of the industrial revolution -
1875
morris and co -
1883
Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926) nature-based organic style. Much of his career was occupied with the construction of the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família) which was from 1883-1926.
Walter D Teague born -
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Walter D teague
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1887
Marcello Nizzoli born -
1891
Gio-Ponti -
1893
Raymond Loewy & Norman Bel Geddes born -
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Norman Bel Geddes
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1895
Art nouveau was named after Samuel Bing’s shop
Art Nouveau was named formally after a shop opened in 1895 by Samuel Bing in Paris
Harold Van Doren born
Clara porset was born -
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Harold Van Doren
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1898
Alvar alto was born -
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Art Deco
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1903
Walter D Teague studies arts in Art Students League -
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Eva Zeisel
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1904
Henry Dreyfuss born -
1905
Expressionism
Carlo Mollino -
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Expressionism
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1906
Eva Zeisel born -
1907
Desutscher Werkbund by Peter Behrens. It was an important organization formed by arquitects, designers and artists, which helped the development of modern arquitecture and modern industrial design -
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Deutscher Werkbund
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1908
Josef Hoffmann designed the Seating Machine. Which demonstrate a rational simplification of forms.
George Nelson is born -
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Deutscher Werkbund expanded from 491 to 1972 memberto
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1909
Futurism manifesto by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Deutscher Werkbund The monumental turbine factory constructed for AEG
Bel Geddes Streamline: describe smooth flow of air.
Expressionism Egon Schiele is introduces to the works of Edvard Munch and Vinvent Van Gogh -
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Futurism
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1910
Josef Hoffmann designed the Kubus Chair, a trend mark of the 19th Century and demonstrates the unique representation of geometric lines and cubes. Marcello Nizzoli attends the Scuola die Belle Arti in Parma. Expressionism Wassily Kandinsky´s The Last Judgment (painting) rejection from an art exhibition in Munich. The term "Expressionism" coined by Antonin Matejcek.
Eero Saarinen is born -
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Futurism Antonio Sant'Elia La Città Nuova (The New City)
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Expressionism Egon Schiele worked and exhibited until his death in Austria by influenza
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1913
Expressionism Kirchner´s Street, Berlin.
Deutscher Werkbund "Art in Industry and Trade" -
1914
Josef Hoffmann designed the “Austrian Pavilions” for the Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in Cologne. Clara porset From1914 to 1918 studies at Manhatanville Academy, Nueva York.
Expressionism World War I kills Franz Marc and Auguste Macke
Deutscher Werkbund "Transport".
First Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne -
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Art Deco is posponed due to World War I
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1915
Constructivism -
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Constructivism
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Deutscher Werkbund expanded from 1972 to 3000 members
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1916
Bel Geddes Los Angeles Little Theater -
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Marco sanuzo
He was one of the leading interpreters of the Modern Movement.He was awarded the Medaglia d'oro and the Gran Premio on a number of occasions, and won five Compassi d’Oro between 1956 and 1985. Zanuso was one of the first designers in Italy to take an interest in the problems of product industrialisation, going beyond aesthetic issues to incorporate technological, industrial, distribution and communication variables.“Through my projects I want to give form to what I call complexity” Marco Zanuso. -
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Neoplasticism training and development in the Netherlands
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1917
Neoplasticism starts.
Van Doren joins Williams College -
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De Stijl (Neoplasticism)
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1918
Norman Bel Geddes designs for the metropolitan opera.
Composition VIII (The Cow)
1918 Marcello Nizzoli opened a studio in Milan and designed silk scarves featuring patterns in the Art déco style, which he showed at the Monza Biennale in 1923 and in Paris in 1925. -
1919
Constructivism Malevich and Tatlin came toghether at "The Last Futurist exhibition of painting"
Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany -
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Zeisel starts learning at a guild of potters
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Bauhaus building in Dessau, Germany by Walter Gropius
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Deutscher Werkbund Exhibitions and Standardization of Design/Materials
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BAUHAUS
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1920
Art Deco It was a movement started in france before the World War I.
Marcello Nizzoli designed posters for Campari, Maga, and OM as a graphic designer in the 1920s.
Futurism vanished from Germany marked as degenerate art by fascists
Constructivism Tatlin exhibits "Monument for the Third International" and the movement is born
Bauhaus Itten leaves and is replaced by Moholy-Nagy -
1921
Exhibition of Designs
The first working group of constructivists is established (Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Rodchenko, etc.)
Alvar Aalto opens architecture office at Jyvaskyla -
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Neoplasticism fullness and international expansion
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1922
Aalto collaborates with Bjerke for the design of the Congress Hall.
Art Deco The Firebird by René Lalique.
A manifesto claims art as "A tool of progress" and Constructivism is turned into the symbol of the modern era. -
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Van Doren Art Student League in New York
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1924
Deutscher Werkbund "Form ohne Ornament" (Form without Ornaments) in Berlin -
1925
Clara Porset art studies at Columbia University, Nueva York.
Art Deco Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann emerged as the foremost furniture designer.
Bauhaus moves to Dessau, Germany.
Art Deco is offcially launched with the Paris exhibition -
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Neoplasticism transformation and disintegration
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1926
Walter D. Teague formed his exclusive office of design.
Art Deco A smaller version of the French fair travelled many US states featuring Art Deco. -
1927
Norman Bel Geddes opens his industrial design office.
Walter D Teague worked with Kodak.
Major Werkbund exhibition "Die Wohnung" (The Apartment) by Mies van der Rohe in Stuttgart -
1928
Clara Porset From 1928 to 1931 studies architecture in Paris at Henri Rapin’s atellier takes several course of Art History and aesthetics in several institutions.
Art Deco Victoire by Rene Lalique.
Bauhaus director Gropius is replaced by Hannes Meyer -
1929
Henry Dreyfuss opens the 1st industrial design office.
Deutscher Werkbund "Wohnung und Werkraum" (Home and Workplace), in Breslau.
Bel Geddes Airliner number 4.
Henry Dreyfuss won the phone of the future award. -
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Union des artistes modernes
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1930
Walter D Teague Designed the marmon 16
Thonet’s company was the world’s largest producer of steel.
Marcello Nizzoli also worked for Olivetti as a graphic designer from the 1930s.
Carlo Mollino started his career as an architect designing a house in Forte dei Marmi and receiving the G. Pistono prize for architecture.
Henry Dreyfuss starts working for Bell Laboratories.
Bauhaus Meyer is dismissed as director due to his Marxism.
Alto starts production with bent birch wood. -
1930
Deutscher Werkbund "Das vorbildliche Serienerzeugnis" (The Ideal Series Product) in Hanover.
L'Art moderne cadre de la vie contemporaine, was held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris -
1931
Van Doren design office with John Gordon Rideout (Toledo Scale Company)
Deutscher Werkbund "Der billige Gebrauchsgegenstand" (The Inexpensive Object of Utility) in Berlin -
1932
Norman Bel Geddes writes his book Horizon.
Bauhaus moves to Berlin under the direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Bauhaus in Dessau is closed after Nazis come to power locally.
George Nelson wins the Prix de Rome in architecture.
Futurism Florence Santa Maria Novella by Gruppo Toscano.
Deutscher Werkbund "Wohnbedarf" (Living Neccessities) in Stuttgart -
1933
Henry Dreyfuss designs the Flat-top Refrigerator.
Bauhaus is finally closed when Nazis come to power in Berlin.
Aalto did the Yirong Municipal Library.
Art Deco American World Fair in Chicago features Art Deco.
Van Doren Air King Products (radio).
Rideout and Van Doren’s studio designed a green plastic skyscraper style radio (Air King Products)./ Alvar Aalto founded Artek (Architectural firm). Deutscher Werkbund is disbanded by the Nazis -
1934
Norma Bel Geddes New York World Fav Futurama
Union des artisted modernes manifesto entitled "For modern art, framework of the contemporary life" edited by Jean Carlu.
Van Doren gasoline pump and fortune magazine.
Henry Dreyfuss Model 150 Vacuum cleaner.
Futurism Trento railway station by Angiolo Mazzoni. -
1935
Rideout left the studio which became Harold Van Doren and Associates.
American National Company (Bicycles) -
1936
Marcello Nizzoli became head product-design consultant for Olivetti.
1936 and 1939, Mollino designs, in collaboration with Vittorio Baudi di Selve, the Società Ippica Torinese building in Turin, considered his masterpiece. Clara porset In 1936 moves to México to work at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to substitute Carlos Pellicer giving his Art History class.
J.M. Little joined the Harold Van Doren and Associates.
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1937
manifesto entitled "For modern art, framework of the contemporary life" edited by Jean Carlu.
Donald Dailey joined Harold Van Doren and Associates.
Art Deco The Atlas by Lee Lawrie -
1938
Clara porset marries painter Xavier Guerrero develops her appreciation of popular arts and mexican culture, which would serve as a source of inspiration for future works.
Alavr Aalto Created “Villa Mairea”
Zeisel lands in New York with her husband Hands -
1938
Giogetto Giugaro is born -
1939
Art Deco The American World Fair in New York features Art Deco.
Walter D Teague does an exposition in the Golden Gate.
Harold Van Doren and Associates designs de Master Washer (Maytag).
Henry Dreyfuss Big Ben Westclocks.
Bel Geddes New York world fair "Futurama".
Van Doren Master Washer -
1940
Marcello Nizzoli Summa.
Saarinen and Eames took part in the "Organic design in Home Furnishings" competition mounted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Bel Geddes book: Magic Motorways.
Van Doren published “Industrial Design: A Practical Guide. -
1941
Klaus Grabe, Morley Webb & Michael Van Beuren win the international section of the Organic Design for Home Furnishings contest Michael Van Beuren, former Bauhaus student founds his furniture company Domus in the mid1930’s -
1944
Bel Geddes Mark I Computer -
1945
1945-1965 Birth of Bel design Italiano
Laboratorios Nacionales de Fomento Industrial (LANFI).
George Nelson designed the Storage Wall Shelves -
1946
Eva Zeisel gains national notice with porcelanite table service´s first show devoted soldy to a female designer.
Nelson became the Design Director at Herman Miller.
George Nelson made his own firm.
Zeisel gains national notice with the porcelain table service´s first show devoted solely to a female designer. -
1947
Divisumma 14 by Nizzoli
Eero Saarinen did the Grasshopper chair -
1948
Marcello Nizzoli also worked for Olivetti as an architect, designing living quarters for employees from 1948 and, in the 1960s
Eero Saarinen did the Womb Collection -
1948
Marshall plan begins -
1949
Henry Dreyfuss model 500 desktop.
Deutscher Werkbund is revived after World War II -
1950
Walter D Teague designed interiors for the air force academy Boeing 707 jet airline.
Saarinen took over his father’s practice, running it as Saarinen & Associates -
1951
Eero Sarinen designed the "Saarinen Collection" for Knoll, consisting of several office chairs, one of the first lines in designer office furniture. -
1952
Mollino designed the RAI Auditorium in Turin -
1952
Talleres de Artesanos Carlos Lazo del Pino de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas
Walter D Teague wrote Flour for Man´s Bread -
1952
Giugaro moved to Turin to enroll in Golia design school -
1953
Franco Albini Cicognino.
Henry Dreyfuss round thermostate -
1954
Elettrosumma Duplex -
1955
Henry Dreyfuss Designing for people Josephine & Joe, Raymond Loewy introduced the first king size slenderized coca-cola bottle
POP Design was born.
Audit 202 -
1956
Tetraktys by Nizzoli -
1956
Henry Dreyfuss wall mounted telephone -
1956
Nelson designed the Marshmallow Sofa. -
1957
Marcello Nizzoli designed handsome-looking, functional sewing machines, including the "Mirella" (1957) and the "Supernova Julia" (1961). -
1958
George Nelson Did Knoll international.
Henry Dreyfuss push button telephone.
Norman Bel Geddes dies -
1959
Escuela de Diseño Industrial UIA (bachillerato técnico). Implementación del Plan de los once Años. Crecimiento de educación en artes y humanidades, descentralización de la educación superior
Henry Dreyfuss princess telephone -
1959
Giugiaro submitted a trial proposal to the legendary design house of Bertone -
1960
Henry Dreyfuss The Measure of Men.
Walter D Teague dies -
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Zeisel takes a break from designing
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1961
Escuela de Diseño Industrial UIA (Licenciatura) Talleres de Artesanos Carlos Lazo del Pino se transforma en Escuela de Diseño y Artesanía del INBA.
Eero Saarinen dies -
1962
Raymond Loewy redesigned Air Force One Aircraft -
1964
Cursos de diseño industrial para graduados e investigadores (Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura UNAM) -
1965
Henry Dreyfuss became president of the IDSA -
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1965 and 1973
Carlo Mollino designed the two buildings that made him famous: the Camera di Commercio building and the Teatro Regio Torino (Regio Theater), both in Turin -
1966
Giugaro is booted out of Bertone in favor of Marcello Gandini.
Giugiaro headed to rival design house Ghia on a single-year contract -
1967
The De Tomaso Mangusta design became the basis for Giugiaro’s own Italdesign studio in 1967. -
1968
Celebración de los Juegos Olímpicos de México
Arq. Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, presidente Comité Organizador
Eduardo Terrazas, colaborador de Lance Wyman
Diseñador Lance Wyman, NY: sistema de información e imagen -
1969
Licenciatura en Diseño Industrial UNAM dependiente de la Facultad de Arquitectura
Herencia del Plan de los Once Años, crecimiento en la oferta educativa técnica, presiones demográficas en la educación media -
1970
Exposición de artesanía finlandesa en la Casa de la Artesanía Jalisciense con obras de:
Timo Sarpaneva
Tapio Wirkkala -
1971
Instituto Mexicano de Comercio Exterior: Centro de Diseño
Inicio de cursos de licenciatura en diseño industrial Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara -
1971
Henry Dreyfuss standards for signs and symbols -
1972
Henry Dreyfuss Symbol Source Book
Henry Dreyfuss dies. -
1973
Tapio Wirkkala dicta conferencias en la UNAM y en la UAG -
1974
Escuela de Diseño Industrial, Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad del Nuevo Mundo, UAM -
1975
CODIGRAM, apertura del Centro de Diseño del IMCE en Guadalajara
Sesión de trabajo de Kenji Ekuan y William Walsh en las oficinas del IMCE en Guadalajara -
1976
Cierre del centro de diseño del IMCE, Seminario de Victor Papanek en la casa de la cultura jaliciense, febrero. Fundación de la Facultad de Diseño de la Universidad de Guadalajara: 20 de agosto de 1976.
Alvar Aalto dies -
1979
XI Congreso Mundial del ICSID, en la Ciudad de México -
1980
Fundación de ALADI, Asociación Latinoamericana de Diseño Industrial -
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Zeisel resumes her work
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1981-1983
Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos fabrica el Lerma. 1er Encuentro de Estudiantes de Diseño Industrial, ENEDI, en la Universidad de Guadalajara -
1986
George Nelson Dies -
1996
1er Interdesign celebrado en México. Cuernavaca. -
1999
1er Interdesign celebrado simultaneamente en tres paises: México, Australia, Sudáfrica -
2003
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey -
2008
Deutscher Werkbund 100th anniversary commemorated in Berlin -
2011
Eva Zeisel dies at age 105
