Introduction :
I chose to write on Philippe Starck because of his diverse association with different Medias of design which includes everyday products, interiors, architecture and furnishings. He is an influential trendsetter when it comes to shaping the social order of his design conscious consumers. Starck is legend of a 20th century contemporary designs who actively promotes sustainable and ecological designs and is universally known for designing the total environment of his lavish hotels from layout to furnishings to interiors- remarkably the Hotel Delano in Miami, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, the Mondrian in Los Angeles, the Teatron in Mexico, and the Asia de Cuba Restaurant and the Royalton in New York.
Philippe has perhaps left his most enduring mark on the design world by producing some of the iconic shapes of the 20th century like the Emeco Aluminum Chairs, Leggy Chrome Juice Squeezer and the witty Louis Ghost polycarbonate fauteuil which he achieved in the course of his bold recreation of daily objects by rethinking and reimagining the most ordinary and everyday kind of detail. His design achievements include an electric mix of everyday domestic items, lighting and furniture to more flamboyant interior design projects, making him an industrial design genius and often referred to as “The Designer of Our Time”
Biography:
Born on January 18th 1949, Philippe Starck’s upbringing in Paris plays a great influence on him as a successful and diverse designer. Paris is one of the most design conscious and design consumed areas of the world; growing up here meant continuously enhancing his awareness in terms of good design.
Philippe’s father Andre Stark, an Aeronautical Industrialist, was another vital influence on Starck’s ...
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...nges. He turns the toothbrush into a noble object, squeezes lemons but the wrong way and even makes out TV sets more fun to be with when he brings his emotional style into Thompsons electronic world.
Starck’s designs generate new interest due to their provocative edge, and in a time where it seems everything has been done before, Starck pushes the boundaries of his own mind and his consumers mind by questioning the familiar design until he can make something new out of it.
Philippe has left a mark in all areas of Aesthetic Design and the experience he has had in the different Regions has given him the foundation required to develop into one of the greatest designers of our time. Overtime Starck was able to develop an understanding of what the job requires of a person. By knowing what to expect, I believe Philippe was well prepared for his future endeavors in design.
Marcel Breuer, born in the early 1900’s in Hungary, was one of the first and youngest students to learn under the Bauhaus style, taught by Walter Gropius. Breuer started his career designing furniture, using tubular, or “handle bar like”, steel (Dodd, Mead, and Company 32). One of the most popular of these furniture designs was his Club Chair B3designed in 1922. In the 1930’s, Breuer moved to the United States to teach and practice architecture. In the 1950’s, he received the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Between 1960 and 1980, Breuer was honored with several honorary doctoral degrees from several universities around the world. After retiring in 1976 due to poor health, Breuer was awarded several other awards, and his work was displayed in exhibitions around the world. Breuer died on July 2nd, 1981, at the age of 79 (Marcel Breuer Associates 6).
I wander down the Hall of Mirrors in the French Palace of Versailles. Soon after I am thinking of the converse style, and recall that German Architect Mies van der Rohe has created the most simplistic a...
Lawson, Bryan. How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. 4th ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.
Watteau’s Enseigne de Gersaint is one of the artist’s most fully realized works. It is ambitious and sophisticated in size and execution, in visual economy, and in content. It is consequently only masquerading under the guise of a signboard, a categori...
Gehry draws his inspiration from famous paintings such as the Madonna and Child which he qualifies as a “strategy for architecture” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 42) and which he used as an inspiration for a project in Mexico . Through his interpretation of the paintings and artwork, Gehry looked for a new kind of architecture. His search for a new type of architecture culminated in 1978 with his own house in Santa Monica. What was once a traditional Californian house would be redesigned to become one of the most important and revolutionary designs of the 20th century, giving Gehry international prestige and fame. Frank Gehry’s “Own House” uses a mixture of corrugated metal, plywood, chain link and asphalt to construct a new envelope for an existing typical Californian house. This house has been inspired by Joseph Cornell, Ed Moses and Bob Rauschenberg. Gehry comments on his house by saying that there was something “magical” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 54) about it. He admits having “followed the end of his [my] nose” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 54) when it came to constructing the “new” house, which led Arthur Drexler, former Director...
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What exactly did Storm do to stand out from the pack? He wasn’t just a guy who knew people; he was a man with innovative ideas and the tenacity to fully realize his goals. In this book I intend to shed light on Storm Thorgerson, world-famous album designer.
Carson is a designer whose unorthodox graphic style played a major role in his success in the design world. His sense of typography is original and unique in a way that he does not follow the basis of communication design. For example, his arrangement of text is not what we would normally see which is in order but positioned in disarray creating chaos and confusion which is new and refreshing. His use of interesting visual simultaneously with typography creates an out of the ordinary design where sometimes the images are deliberately obscuring the text that goes with it and occasionally creating an unfinished sentence or word.
Traditionally, Dansk Designs followed a strategy of differentiation. When a firm follows this strategy, they create differences in the firm’s product or service by creating something that is perceived as unique and valued by customers. Differentiation can take many forms, including prestige or brand image, which Dansk decided to implement. Their product line consists of eight product categories, which include flatware, china, linen, glass, decorator cookware, and wooden bowls and trays. Their products are of high quality and are highly priced. Dansk was able to achieve a differentiation advantage because their price premiums exceeded the extra costs of being unique. Dansk is able to create these unique products because of the talented designers they employ, including Jens Quisrgaard, Niels Refsgaard, and Gunnar Cyren. Another competitive advantage of a strategy of differentiation is the ability to deal with supplier power. There is a certain amount of status associated with being the supplier to a producer of differentiated products. Dansk’s principal supplier, Richard Nissen, has enjoyed working with Dansk because he believes they have been able to “preserve the handcrafted nature of the products”.
Art Nouveau (literally ‘new art’ in French) was a popular international style of art, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and reaching its peak between 1890 and 1910. The primary aim of this movement was to break free from the previous constraints that had been placed upon artists traditionally and to completely revolutionise design – an aim that, without a doubt, came to be achieved. The evidence of this can be seen in the work of several prominent designers at the time – such as artist Alphonse Mucha and architect Antoni Gaudi – and even within other movements – the Arts and Crafts movement being a prime example. The way in which these figures and this movement have been influenced by Art Nouveau in particular will be explored in this essay.
...significances and codes and his recommendation of what style works in different situations and who should have designed it. It moves seamlessly from a quotidian understanding to a connoisseur, to a formalist and then to an appreciation, regardless if he likes the outcome or not. This appreciation of work, regardless of its complexity and the simplicity that deciphers meaning outside of the form, is what characterizes Jencks work.
The use of materials to complement a design’s emotional reaction has stuck with the modernist movement. His implementation of these materials created a language that spoke poetically as you move through the structure. “Mies van der Rohe’s originality in the use of materials lay not so much in novelty as in the ideal of modernity they expressed through the rigour of their geometry, the precision of the pieces and the clarity of their assembly” (Lomholt). But one material has been one of the most important and most difficult to master: light. Mies was able to sculpt light and use it to his advantage.
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Hegeman, J. (2008). The Thinking Behind Design. Master Thesis submitted to the school of design, Carngie Mellon University. Retrieved from: http://jamin.org/portfolio/thesis-paper/thinking-behind-design.pdf.
“When it comes to interior design styles, give yourself the permission to think outside the box. There are so many wonderful ways to define who you are by creating a magnificent living space. Allow yourself to be creative. Be stylish. And when I say outside the box, I don’t necessarily mean go crazy, I simply suggest you take some steps to create the type of home that you really want or that your client is asking you to create” (Yule 1). Looking into interior design there are many elements that contribute to the way people view the room or area, such as the color, flooring, furniture, fabrics, and accessories in every room. Within the following research paper, interior design will be discussed by the interior design styles, the effects of color, and the trends of bathrooms.