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Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)
Sunday, February 12, 2017


Foreword

  • Attendance list
  • Checking the cardboard radios
  • Open questions on the reading assignments? 1. Research Methods for Product Design: Future Forecasting (p. 30), Trend Spotting (p. 31), Literature Reviews (p. 50, p.64–65), 2. Design as Research: Where are we going? (p. 17–21), The Resourceful Social Expert (p. 22–27), The Myth of the Design Androgyne (p.28–34))

Lecture Design History

  • Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas – Marcus Vitruvius Romanus, (ca. 80–10 B.C.)
  • Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882): The focus should be on practical and functional aspects, decorative elements should be secondary.
  • Gottfried Semper (1803–1879): The form should be appropriate to the function, the material, and the manufacturing process.
  • Thonet Brothers, Chair No. 14, 1859
  • Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, The modern Style, Secession Style…
  • The German Werkbund
  • Werkbund Exhibition, The Weissenhof Project, Stuttgart, 1927
  • The aim of The Bauhaus
  • Periods of The Bauhaus
    • Founding Phase (1919-1923)
    • Consolidation Phase (1923-1928)
    • Phase of Disintegration (1928-1933)
  • The influence of The Bauhaus on Design Training
  • Walter Gropius,
18.5.1883 (Berlin) – 5.7.1969 (Boston)
  • Max Bill,
22.12.1908 (Winterthur) – 9.12.1994 (Berlin)
    • Ulmer Hocker (means stool), Max Bill, 1954
  • The goal of Ulm School of Design
  • Periods of Ulm School of Design
    • 1947–1953 – Concept
    • 1953–1956 – Former Bauhaus teachers joining
    • 1956–1958 – Inclusion of new scientific disciplines
    • 1958–1962 – Emphasis on Design Methodology
    • 1962–1966 – Involvement of industrial partners
    • 1967–1968 – Dispositional Freedom
  • The Story of Braun

Revision Workshop Essay 1

  • Start at 10:30am

Homework

  1. Watch those two clips:
  2. Rewrite Essay 1 (and use the Writing Center as a resource)
  3. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (p. 15–48)
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