HISTORY OF DESIGN - BY AIMEE LINCE SHIRLEY MANNUELA BAL PAZ

Arts and Crafts (Aesthetic) Movement

1850

Approx. 1850 - Approx. 1910
hand-made quality goods

Exhibition of 1851

1851

An event for various countries leads to greater competition and a higher class of work.

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867

1867 - 1959
Machine was worthy of use, as it saves time and effort and frees precious human labor.

Art Nouveau Movement

1880

1880 - 1914
Influenced heavily by flora and fauna featuring curvilinear lines and a sense of danger.

Vienna Secession

1897

Experiment with the new and reject emulation of the old.

Early Modernism

1900

1900 - 1914
Ornamentation was unnecessary and waste time, effort and money

Wiener Werkstätte

1903

Individual work and against the evils and cheapness of the machine.

German Werkbund

1907

Achieving form was the fundamental task and the goal of the group to raise manufacturing quality.

"Form without Ornament” - Model T

1913

Increase speed and efficiency while lowering cost. Most importantly, it required less human effort.

World War I

1914

1914 - 1918
Art named Art Deco. In addition, World War I created a push for new technologies that were later translated from wartime to other aspects of life.

Bauhaus School

1919

1919 - 1933
An inclusive place that models collaboration among teachers and students, strives to unite all forms of Art and reforms design to reduce forms to simplicity.

King Tut

1922

Incorporate exotic elements to their products, especially Egyptian, African and Asian influences.

Exposition of 1925

1925

1925 - July 31, 1925
Come together to share high fashion, strong forms and luxurious strong materials.

Great Depression

1929

1929 - 1939
Designers incorporated the ideas of hope and fantasy into their products to appeal to consumers.

Art Deco (United States)

1930

1930 - Approx. 1940
Products were designed more so for the middle class rather than the privileged elite (like Europe).

Art Moderne/Streamlining

1930

Approx. 1930 - Approx. 1950
industrial designers began designing pure-concept objects with elements of aerodynamics. Other aspects of design in this period centered on hope and fantasy.

Empire State Building

1930

This skyscraper was named the tallest building in the world.

Postwar/Organic Mid-Century Modern

1933

Approx. 1933 - 1965
Life became easier and design evolved as both a result and a propeller of social life.

Machine Art

1934

Featured industrial objects such as springs, gears, pans, scientific instruments and other machine made objects.

Modernism

1935

Approx. 1935 - Approx. 1950
"less is more."

World War II

1938

1938 - 1945
War time technologies and new materials were introduced during the war but later incorporated into everyday life and design.

World´s Fair 1939

1939

Democracity model and Futurama

Civil Rights Movement

1954

1954 - 1968
People felt and were more free and this sense of freedom and individuality

Sputnik Launched

1957

August, 1957
Designers worked to bring the idea of space home to make people more comfortable with the idea rather than afraid.

Pop Art

1958

Approx. 1958 - 1972
Bright, colorful and full of character

Man lands on the moon

1969

Elements of outer space emerged through design and manufacturing. People wanted to learn more and bring a world of space into their own home.

Postmodernism

1970

Approx. 1970 - Approx. present
Improve the "blandness" of modern design.