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TECHNOLOGY / Bending wood
The first men using this technology was Michael Thonet with the Boppard chair, after that Tunis men create one of the most iconic chair in the hole word The Thonet chair No. 14 -
MOVEMENT / Arts and Crafts
Simpler and ethical approach to design and manufacture, promoted traditional craft production and craftmanship. -
ICONIC DESIGN / Chair No. 14
Invented by Michael Thonet, the importance of this chair is the bending wood that was made of. It’s one of the most iconic chairs on chairs history. -
MOVEMENT / Modernism
Result of growth of industrialization, moral responsability of designers to create and produce functional, simple and appropiate goods. -
DESIGNER / Mies Van der Rohe
He has many renowned industrial designs, also his famous quote “Less is more”. He opened his own studio in 1958. He became known at the end of the 1920s through its most representative architectural works. -
ICONIC DESIGN / Red and Blue chair
Not only one of the best Gerrit Rietveld known works but one of the most famous chairs in the industrial design history. It was part of one of the most popular movements, De Stijl. -
MOVEMENT / Bauhaus
The aim of the bauhaus was to train artists for industrial production within an amalgination of all the arts. -
TECHNOLOGY / Mass Production
Is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. Mass production involves making many copies of products, very quickly. -
DESIGNER / Michael Graves
The most remarkable thing about him was his philosophy, he said that he wanted to teach the next generation of designers and architects -
ICONIC DESIGN / Mae West Lips Sofa
Surrealism iconic piece. Took his principal inspiration from a particularly irregular and uncomfortable rocky formation near Cadaques. As he himself said, Surrealist objects were never meant to be practical. -
DESIGNER / Pedro Friedeberg
He was the creator of the famous hand chair, iconic Mexican designer was very important because of all his work and aportaciones to the country -
ICONIC DESIGN / Volkswagen Type 1
Is the most famous car in history, invented before the Second World War, the production ended on 2004 but on 1998 was released the Volkswagen Beetle. -
TECHNOLOGY / Plastic injection
Was a very important because the discovery allowed to create plastic forms not before seen and at a cheap price -
MOVEMENT / Organic Design
New visual art languages that contrasted with the ideals of the modern Movement. -
DESIGNER /Zaha Hadid
Influenced design because she collaborated with many important design brands. She had not only architecture works but she also did many recognize industrial design and fashion design. -
MOVEMENT / Pop Art
Was a type of art that was based on popular culture and mass media, it reflected the current values of the society. -
ICONIC DESIGN / Panton Chair
It was the first chair in the world that is made from a piece of molded plastic. It has won several design awards from around the world. Very famous in the industrial design history. -
DESIGNER / Marc Newson
He has been described as one of the most influential designers of his generation. He worked across an extremely wide range of disciplines. -
ICONIC DESIGN / Coffee and Tea Piazza
By Michael Graves, his set designed by Graves became the best seller of the “Piazza” program. It was made for Alessi, a very important design brand. -
ICONIC DESIGN / Lockheed Lounge
created by Mark Newson important because of the innovation of the making process.
