Contextual Studies

Art Nouveau is based in Europe. Most of the masterminds behind this movement all came from different parts of Europe except one. Louise Comfort Tiffany, the creator of beautiful decorative vases and lamp, he was established in New York. Originating after the first world war in the late 1800, Designers and Architects started designing flourishing design that included reparative nature symbols such as insects and flora combining it with ‘whiplash’ curves that gave a sense of delicate and sophisticated ambience. Designers and architects started including decorative design to everything that they spawn. Japanese art inspired this movement due to the opening of relations with the Asian continent. The woodblock prints became an inspiration to European artists.  Also, the designers and artists were inspired from the Arts and Craft Movement. By then these artists interpreted the Japanese style and Arts and Crafts movement into a new style such as we know it today ‘Art Nouveau’ or ...

The evolution of Michael Thonet’s work following his death in the 20 th and 21 st century Thonet is the father and the pioneer of bent wood. This technique was invented in 1842 after he was granted the right to bend any type of wood. Michael Thonet made use of various techniques to bend wood to create interior furniture. One of the successful technique was by putting pressure on the material and apply steam until the resin dissolved, this gave him the ability to shape the wooden rod how he desired. With this type of technique, the first bent wood chair ‘No.14’ was introduced.                                                         'No.14' by Micheal Thonet                                  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/496381190151924649/  Thi...

Design Design is a broad topic to describe what it specifically means. A simple way to understand what the word ‘Design’ is, it is a need that accommodate different individuals liking and demand. These are clients which they want either a decorative design for satisfaction or a functional and innovative design to make life easier. ‘’Design is to design a design to produce a design’’ – John Heskett  Design started way before the Industrial revolution happened, in ancient times people use to design things manually and with the intention to contain in their daily lives. These originated when men started to make their own tools to work with, weapons to hunt and figure out how to heat themselves in winter times by rubbing the same materials found in those times to create fire.  This results that the things that they made were unique and now a day are prestigious because mass production did not exist in those times. As when the Industrial revolution occ...