Design History – 40s & 50s the age of the Graphic Designer
2021-08-04
The 1940s and 1950s the age of the Graphic Designer. Designers, illustrators, and artists used their talents to disseminate information.Read More →
Sardine Collector’s Cabinet by Michael Marriot
2021-08-04
This humorous, simple, and elegant approach proposed a different design agenda, harkening back to Victor Papanek and the Whole Earth Catalogue in the 1960s.Read More →
Design Classics – Influential & Important Design Examples
2021-08-04
A design classic is readily recognisable and elicits a range of emotions in individuals, including nostalgia and inventiveness.
The following are some of the posts I have completed on objects, architecture that may be considered classic designs.Read More →
Architecture the 1920s & 1930s – the birth of Modernism
2021-08-03
Architecture the 1920s & 1930s – the birth of Modernism. The architects of the post-World War 1 years aimed for simplicity above all else.Read More →
Henry Van de Velde (1863 – 1957) Belgian artist, architect, interior designer
2021-08-03
Henry van de Velde was a Belgian architect, industrial designer, painter and art critic. He worked in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.Read More →
La Rinascente (1918) Milanese department store
2021-07-29
La Rinascente, the Milan department store was established after the First World War and has done a great deal to promote Italian design standards. Its name, La Rinascente (Rebirth), was conceived by the Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, a specific resonance in the 1930s when the company also did much to promote the domestic consumption of Italian products under Mussolini in the drive towards national self-sufficiency (autarchy).Read More →
1959 Cadillac Eldorado – Temple Rather than Automobile
2021-07-27
The 1959 Cadillac is more of a temple than an automobile, a Gothic memorial to America’s glory years. It was overly long, low, and overstyled, and it’s the 50s’ final flourish. The 59’s outlandish space-age appearance, weird fins, and lavish 390 cubic inch V8 are fascinating, but the most striking aspect of the car is its blatant arrogance.Read More →
Pucci De Rossi (1947 – 2013) Italian furniture designer and artist
2021-07-26
Pucci de Rossi was an Italian designer born in Verona and trained with American sculptor H.B. Walker. Pucci de Rossi (1947-2013) is an unusual designer and artist. Jewellery, furniture, sculpture, painting: his works, visually striking and functional, refer to Arte Povera and the neo-baroque work of the Memphis studio. Read More →
A Play of Colors on Architectures
2021-07-25
Emilie Möri, a photographer and graphic designer, took advantage of a bright Saturday in the south of France to shoot her new Architectures series. “Marked shadows trace pure designs,” the artist says, adding a range of hues for a minimalist and conceptual effect.Read More →
Tubular Furniture from Ventilation Pipes and Scrap Metal
2021-07-25
Tubular Furniture – Eindhoven-based designer Lucas Muñoz has combined industrial steel ventilation pipes to create this chair. Read More >Read More →
Andres Gallardo’s photographs of Korean schoolyards are pastel perfections
2021-07-24
Andres Gallardo’s latest photo series came about by accident after getting lost in Seoul, only to find himself estranged at the deserted pastel playground of a nearby school. ‘I got fascinated by their pastel colours, their trees, the symmetries and symbols… the clocks, the national flag and the alphabet,’ said photographer Andres Gallardo.Read More →
Alexis Pichot’s Woodland series Revitalized His Sense of Self
2021-07-24
Submerging himself at the depths of this forest of Fontainebleau, Pichot captures the divine, earthy qualities of the property. READ MORERead More →
Humble history of the pencil
2021-07-24
I am feeling nostalgic for the humble pencil. There is a comfort and warm familiarity whenever I pick one up (rarely these days). Pencils are inexpensive, portable, simple to operate and the marks that they make are easy to erase. Unlike other writing tools, they do not run out of ink or skip.Read More →
Benefits of Educational Toys – Good Design the WHY
2021-07-18
As a parent, you want your child to have the best opportunity of succeeding. Educational toys can be beneficial to children in their early stages of development. Let’s talk about what makes an instructional toy before we go into the benefits of educational toys.Read More →
Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976) Finnish Architect, town planner and designer of furniture
2021-07-08
Aalto was considered a hero in Finland. He was responsible for much planning and construction following the end of the war between Finland and the soviet union in 1944.Read More →
Oscar Barnack (1879 – 1936) and the first 35mm camera
2021-07-08
The Leica 1, the first functional 35 mm camera, was introduced in Germany in 1925, making photography much more accessible to the general public.Read More →
Kay Fisker (1893 – 1965) Danish architect and furniture designer, silversmith
2021-07-07
Kay Fisker (1893-1965) was a Danish architect and furniture designer, metalworker, and professionally active in Copenhagen.Read More →
Antonio Citterio ( b.1950 ) Italian furniture designer
2021-06-29
Antonio Citterio is a leading Italian architect and interior designer, furniture and industrial designer. Citterio explored the possibilities of new materials and technologies rather than aligning himself with New Design’s more fashionable aesthetics.Read More →
Roger Fry (1866 – 1934) British painter, writer, art critic and designer
2021-06-29
Roger Fry was a British painter, writer, art critic, designer, and lecturer. He was born in London. Between 1885 – 1890, he studied natural sciences, Cambridge University, and Académie Julian, Paris, 1892. Read More →
Tulip Armchair by Eero Saarinen (1957)
2021-06-27
Saarinen faced the problem of trying to treat the leg structurally and visually as part of the reinforced-plastic moulded seat shell with the help of a research team from the Knoll firm led by Donald Petit. This issue had plagued him since he and Charles Eames conducted their first experiments with moulded seat shells.Read More →