Design Movements

Arts & Crafts

Art Nouveau
Art Deco
Bauhaus
Modernism
De Stijl
Memphis
Post Modernism
Arts & Crafts 1850 - 1900
Simplicity hand made
Inspiration from nature plants, birds
and animals.
Natural forms and materials
Colour and texture
William Morris
Have nothing in your houses that you do
not know to be useful, or believe to be
beautiful
 Some Victorian designers, led by William Morris,
rejected the ideas of the industrial revolution.
They believed that automation and mass production
separated designers from their products, and that
the crafts and workmanship of the past were dying
out.
These designers preferred to design and make
products that were original and hand-crafted.
The Arts and Crafts Movement produced designs
based on forms in nature, such as animals and
plants.
Making the designs required highly skilled workers,
so most of the products were too expensive for the
average person to buy.
Art Nouveau 1890 - 1905
Curvy whiplash lines and stylised flowers
Elongated lines, leaves, roots, buds &
seedpods.
Exotic insects and peacock feathers
Inspiration from Nature and the female form
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Glasgow based designer & architect
Contrasting monochrome colours & the use of
geometric shapes in his work
 Mackintosh trained as an architect and
interior designer in Glasgow, Scotland.
He didnt like the fussy and over-
decorated Victorian style that
dominated the early Arts and Craft
Movement.
Mackintosh preferred to incorporate
geometric shapes into his design.
Much of his work is based around
contrasting monochrome colours and
the creative use of empty space.
He developed what is known as the
Glasgow Style.
Art Deco 1925 - 1939
Geometric forms
Symmetry and repetition
Zig-zagged geometric fan motifs and sunbursts
Inspiration from ancient Egypt and Aztec
Mexican Art
Discovery of Tutankhamums tomb
Machine age; explicit use of man made
materials
Key designer: Claris Cliff (ceramicist)
 Philosophy.
Popular Modernism.
Opulent architectural and decorative arts
style which was a direct reaction to the post
war austerity.
It was regarded as a glamorous period.
Style.
Zig-Zagged, geometric fan motifs.
Symmetry & repetition.
Inspiration from ancient Egypt.
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Bauhaus 1919 - 1933
Form follows function
Products for a machine age
Every day objects for every day people
Modern materials
Simple, geometrically pure forms and
clean lines
Omitting decorative frills
Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Mies
van der Rohe
 The Bauhaus was a German art and
architecture school which existed from 1919
to 1933. It was founded by Walter Gropius, a
German architect.
The Bauhaus wanted to design and
manufacture products, architecture and print
that was functional, cheap and compatible
with mass production techniques.
They believed strongly in honesty of
materials and that a products function
should be reflected in its aesthetic qualities.
New materials and manufacturing processes
provided a catalyst for much of their work.
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
Art Nouveau
Key elements?
Curvy whiplash lines
and stylised flowers
Elongated lines, leaves,
roots, buds & seedpods.
Exotic insects and
peacock feathers
Inspiration from Nature
and the female form
Modernism.
Was influences by industrial designs and made use of
geometric shapes. Movements that are influenced
by technological developments in industry are:
Bauhaus
Art Deco
De Stijl
They rejected decorative forms and embraced a look
that they felt was universally acceptable. It was a
period of design, literature, music & architecture that
spans from 1920s to 1960s . Key figures include Le
Corbusier a French designer & architecture.
Machines for living.
Modernism
De Stijl 1917 - 1931
Black outlines
Inspiration using extreme geometric
designs, rectangles and primary colours
Ultimate simplicity and abstraction
Disconnected lines
Inspired completely new designs in
furniture & architecture
Artist: Mondrian & Designer: Rietveld
1970s to the present day.
By the 1980s the designer name or
brand was important to consumers:
Designer labels spread from fashion to
other areas of product design
Promotion and packaging became a key
part of the complete product.
Memphis.
The Memphis group was an
alternative viewpoint to minimalism:
It was started by a group of Italian
designers, led by Ettore Sottsass.
They produced highly decorative
laminates and humorous products.
Their post modernism influence can be
seen in many of today's products.
Memphis.
Post modernism
The history:
It is largely influenced by the western
European disillusionment caused from
WW2.
It is anything BUT the ordinary in that it
presents extreme complexity,
contradictory, and diversity.
Diverse ideas, designs and innovations
that are intended to provoke a reaction.
Memphis is part of this design period also.
Post Modernism.
Post Modernism.

It is also referred to as Modern Design &

includes Alberto Alessi, George
Sowden (Memphis Designer) &
Mendini, the founder of the Italian
Style, as key figures of this period.
The movement likes combining new
materials & interesting combinations are
key.
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
Bauhaus

Key elements?
Form follows function
Products for a machine
age
Every day objects for
every day people
Modern materials
Simple, geometrically
pure forms and clean
lines
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
Arts & Crafts
Key elements?
Simplicity hand made
Inspiration from nature
plants, birds and animals.
Natural forms and materials
Colour and texture
William Morris
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
Art Deco
Key elements?
Geometric forms
Symmetry and repetition
Zig-zagged geometric fan
motifs and sunbursts
Inspiration from ancient
Egypt and Aztec Mexican
Art
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
Modernism
Key elements?
Was influences by industrial
designs and made use of
geometric shapes.
Rejected decorative forms.
Examples
Which Design Movement?
Post Modernism
Key elements?
Modern design
Creating a statement
Designers: Alessi &
Mendini
What is the product?
Juicy Salif
By Alessi
Its a juicer
Function follows form!
Examples
Which Design
Movement?
De Stijl

Key elements?
Inspiration from basic
rectangles and primary
colours
Black outlines
Geometric designs to the
extreme
Ultimate simplicity and
abstraction
Disconnected lines
Artist Mondrian