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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND 1903 to1999 CHARLOTTE PERRIAND SOME OTHER PERRIAND DESIGNS LC7 SWIVEL Charlotte Perriand Charlotte often worked with Pierre ARMCHAIR - 1928 LC2 ARMCHAIR - 1929 was a designer and Jeanneretan and another famous

architect. Her work is French designer, Le Corbusier, in the AND OTHER regarded as modern late 1920s and early 1930s. They co- and stylish today, as it designed a number of commercially SECTION OF was in the first half of successful pieces of furniture, largely the twentieth century. manufactured by a company called As a student, she studied furniture Cassina. The LC4 Chaise Longue design at the ‘School of the Central (Lounge) Chair of 1928, was an innovation in design.

Union of Decorative Arts’, in Paris. She THE ‘DESIGNERS’ NUAGE BOOKCASE RANGE - 1950s LC4 CHAISE LONGUE (LOUNGE) CHAIR O

aimed to design affordable furniture, .technologystudent.com MODEL B306 - 1928 T that could be mass produced for a ON CHARLOTTE PERRIAND www wide and varied customer base. Her AIL early designs were regarded as radical and initially, were not commercially successful. She became one of the most influential, innovative designers, DESIGNERS GO

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WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 REVISION CARD - CHECKLIST Your teacher will identify the designers you are to study for your examination. It is strongly advised that you study all the designers.

Each set of revision cards is composed of information and questions.

DESIGNER

PHILIPPE STARCK

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND

ZAHA HADID

JOCK KINNEIR AND MARGARET CALVERT

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

MICHAEL THONET

EILEEN GRAY

BETHAN GRAY

MARCEL BREUER

ROBIN DAY

OWEN MACLAREN

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH

HARRY BECK

ETTORE SOTTSASS REVISION CARDS - PHILIPPE STARCK WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017 PHILIPPE STARCK - 1 PHILIPPE STARCK - 2 SAMPLE PHILIPPE STARCK DESIGNS A recognised designer Starck first achieved international since the 1980s. In the ‘Juicy Salif’ - Citrus attention by refurbishing French Squeezer (1990) is a l a t e 1 9 6 0 s , h e President François Mitterrand’s, e s t a b l i s h e d a n design classic and an private apartment in the Elysee Palace, iconic product. inflatable furnishings in 1982. company. He has designed products for well- By the 1970s, Starck had set up his own known companies such as Alessi, .technologystudent.com www

Kartell, Microsoft and Puma. Starck AND EXERCISES ON design studio in Paris (Starck T h e w o r l d s fi r s t designed the interiors for night clubs Products), building a reputation as a polycarbonate chair,

(La Main Bleue 1976), hotels (Royalton TION pioneer in the world of design. He the ‘La Marie Chair’ in initially concentrated on interior designs 1988 and Paramount hotels 1990, in THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O 1998, for Kartell of Italy. .technologystudent.com and later products. New York) and restaurants (Café T .technologystudent.com .technologystudent.com Costes 1984). www S t a r c k ’ s c o m p u t e r www His designs can be regarded as post Starck is an idealist and designs www mouse, commissioned modern and include elements of the products, that are affordable and by Microsoft in 2004. Memphis design movement, pop art desirable to a mass market. Starck calls Ergonomically designed, and surrealism, with a hint of humour, this ‘democratic design’, the aim being being comfortable in the FOR MORE INFORMA environmental awareness, not to to improve life, for the greatest number DESIGNERS, GO right or left hand mention, invention. of people.

1. Who is Philippe Starck and why do his designs attract attention? 3 marks

2. How did Starck first gain international attention? 2 marks

3.Select one of Starck’s designs and explain why you think it is iconic / a design classic. 3 marks REVISION CARDS - CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903 to1999) WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND 1903 to1999 CHARLOTTE PERRIAND SOME OTHER PERRIAND DESIGNS Charlotte Perriand was LC7 SWIVEL Charlotte often worked with Pierre ARMCHAIR - 1928 LC2 ARMCHAIR - 1929 a d e s i g n e r a n d Jeanneretan and another famous architect. Her work is

French designer, Le Corbusier, in the AND OTHER regarded as modern late 1920s and early 1930s. They co-

and stylish today, as it designed a number of commercially SECTION OF was in the first half of successful pieces of furniture, largely the twentieth century. manufactured by a company called Cassina. The LC4 Chaise Longue As a student, she studied furniture (Lounge) Chair of 1928, was an design at the ‘School of the Central innovation in design. Union of Decorative Arts’, in Paris. She THE ‘DESIGNERS’ NUAGE BOOKCASE RANGE - 1950s aimed to design affordable furniture, that LC4 CHAISE LONGUE (LOUNGE) CHAIR O .technologystudent.com MODEL B306 - 1928 T could be mass produced for a wide and ON CHARLOTTE PERRIAND

varied customer base. Her early designs www AIL were regarded as radical and initially, were not commercially successful. She became one of the most influential,

innovative designers, of the twentieth DESIGNERS GO century. FOR MORE DET

1. Who was Charlotte Perriand and where did she study? Were her early designs successful ?(explain your answer). 3 marks

2. Charlotte Perriand often collaborated with two other designers. What are their names? 2 marks

3. Research the work of Charlotte Perriand. Then, select one design you like. Paste an image of your selected design, on the back of this sheet. Add notes, explaining the features / characteristics of the design. 6 marks REVISION CARDS - ZAHA HADID (1950 - 2016) WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 ZAHA HADID - EARLY CAREER ZAHA HADID - SAMPLE OF HER WORK VITRA FACTORY FIRE BERGISEL SKI She came to London to study STATION - 1993 JUMP 2002 architecture in 1972, at the highly ZAHA HADID respected Architectural Association 1950 - 2016 School of Architecture. After graduating, SECTION OF she worked in the Netherlands, AND OTHER although she started to build her reputation teaching Architecture in Zaha Hadid was an internationally England, the USA and Germany, HADID SHEIKH ZAYED BRIDGE, ABU-DHABI - 2010 recognised Iraqi-British Architect, promoting an innovative and responsible for a variety of outstanding imaginative approach to the design of buildings and other structures, often buildings. Many of her early designs ON ZAHA based on unusual geometrical shapes. were not built, undoubtedly due to the THE ‘DESIGNERS’ O AIL .technologystudent.com She received a number of prestigious lack of foresight and ambition of T awards for her innovative architectural potential clients, who selected more designs, including on two occasions, conservative and less imaginative www LONDON AQUATICS CENTRE - 2012 the Stirling Prize. She was the first architects. female architect to receive the Royal Gold Medal (awarded by the Royal She established her own company - FOR MORE DET

Institute of British Architects). Zaha Hadid Architects, in 1979. DESIGNERS GO

1. Who was Zaha Hadid and what did she achieve in the world of architecture? 6 marks

2. Research Zaha Hidid’s architectural work. Select one piece of her architecture. Carry out further research on your selected building / structure. Then, on the back of this sheet, attach an image of the building / structure. Why does this piece of architecture impress you? 8 marks REVISION CARDS - JOCK KINNEIR and MARGARET CALVERT WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 JOCK KINNEIR and MARGARET CALVERT JOCK KINNEIR and MARGARET CALVERT SIGNAGE IN THE STYLE DEVELOPED K i n n e i r a n d C a l v e r t BY JOCK KINNEIR AND Margaret Calvert is decided on the use of MARGARET CALVERT best known for her standard colours and a work with her colleague The NORTH AND OTHER

new font called ‘Transport’, Leeds

Jock Kinneir (1957 to T which would be easy to SECTION OF Sheffield 1967). understand, at a glance. VER Aylesbury Mansfield Margaret Calvert Jock Kinneir Leigh A 34 A 38 They designed many of the road signs For Motorways - A colour scheme of A 43 Matlock that we see today, in a style that has been reflective white lettering, against a non- (A 615) used widely around the world. Before the reflective blue background was ground breaking work of Kinneir and

adopted. THE ‘DESIGNERS’ Calvert, road signs followed a variety of SOME OF THE SIGNAGE DESIGNED O 0N KINNEIR, CAL .technologystudent.com T BY MARGARET CALVERT styles and not standardised, often The signs were used in 1958, along the making it perplexing for drivers. AIL

UK’s first motorway, the M6. www

They were commissioned to design the S i n c e t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f t h e first motorway signage and later, signage standardised signage, Kinneir’s and for other roads throughout the UK. Calvert’s innovative style has been MEN AT WORK FARM ANIMALS CHILDREN used around the world. DESIGNERS GO SYMBOL SYMBOL CROSSING FOR MORE DET

1. Why was it necessary to design standardised road signs, for the motorways and other roads? 2 marks

2. Describe two characteristics of Kinneir’s and Calvert’s signage. What was the reasoning behind the characteristics? 4 marks REVISION CARDS - LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE 1886 – 1969 WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE - 1 THE BARCELONA CHAIR OTHER DESIGNS BY The German architect LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE Ludwig Mies Van Der CANTILEVER CHAIR LOUNGE Rohe, designed the MR20, 1927 CHAIR 1932 pavilion (exhibition stand) for the 1929 Barcelona world fair.

The pavilion was to house The original chair - each side frame was AND EXERCISES ON manufactured German products, to manufactured from two pieces of steel AND EXERCISES ON promote German design, engineering welded together and then ‘bolted’ TION TION THE DESIGNER SECTION OF and technology, in the same way trade together. In the 1950s stainless steel, a THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O

O BARCELONA DAYBED

fairs do today. His ‘Barcelona Chair’ T

new material in furniture manufacture, T

.technologystudent.com 1930 (also called the Pavilion Chair) was was used for the construction of the .technologystudent.com designed between 1928 and 1929. It www frames. The adoption of stainless steel www was one of the German exhibits at the meant that the frame could be Barcelona world fair. It quickly became manufactured in one piece, without joint known as a classic modernist design. lines. It was mass produced in 1950s by FOR MORE INFORMA He became director of architecture at ‘Knoll’ furniture manufacturers and this FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO the Bauhaus in 1930. continues today. DESIGNERS, GO

1. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe became the director of a famous Design School. What was it called? 1 marks

2. The Barcelona Chair was designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. It has another name, what is it? 1 marks

3. Write a description of the Barcelona Chair 3 marks

4. Name two other pieces of furniture designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. Include the date of their design. 2 marks REVISION CARDS - MICHAEL THONET - THE No14 CHAIR WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017 MICHAEL THONET - (1796-1871) THE No 14 CHAIR THE THONET PHILOSOPHY H e w a s a d e s i g n e r T h e N o 1 4 c h a i r w a s The Arts and Crafts Movement of the specialising in ‘bentwood’ manufactured as separate 1 9 t h C e n t u r y b e l i e v e d i n t h e furniture, manufactured parts and simply screwed manufacture of hand crafted products, from veneers of natural together (six ‘steam bent’ made by craftsmen, often as single woods, normally beech, wood parts, ten screws and items / one offs. which were softened by two nuts). This construction T h o n e t b e l i e v e d i n t h e m a s s steam. technique was a precursor to manufacture of quality furniture, on a

His chair designs contrasted with the AND EXERCISES ON t h e w a y f u r n i t u r e i s AND EXERCISES ON production line, using semi and unskilled hand crafted chairs of the day. His No 14 constructed in our modern workers. The Thonet Company

Chair was the first chair to be mass TION world, as flat packs. This meant that thirty TION manufactured for a world market and produced in thousands, on a production THE DESIGNER SECTION OF six completed but disassembled chairs, THE DESIGNER SECTION OF fifty million No 14 Chairs were sold O O

line. T could be packaged safely, in a one cubic T

.technologystudent.com .technologystudent.com before 1930. Thonet saw that there was a opportunity metre ‘sea crate’, for transport around the OTHER THONET CHAIRS .technologystudent.com .technologystudent.com to use his innovative industrial production www world. www technology, to mass manufacture new designs. The production line was staffed www The No14 Chair was composed of solid www by semi and unskilled workers. There was beech, not veneers. Thonet had FOR MORE INFORMA FOR MORE INFORMA

no longer a need to have skilled DESIGNERS, GO perfected steaming solid wood and DESIGNERS, GO craftsmen at every stage of production. bending it to form unusual shapes.

1. What type of product did Michael Thonet design and manufacture? 2 marks

2. The Thonet No14 Chair was supplied in disassembled form (in parts). What was the advantage of this approach ? 2 marks

3. How did the philosophy of the Thonet Company differ from that of the Arts and Crafts Movement ? 3 marks REVISION CARDS - EILEEN GRAY WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017

EILEEN GRAY - DESIGNER EILEEN GRAY EILEEN GRAY THE BIBENDUM CHAIR Eileen Gray, a modernist THE E1027 TABLE In a modernist in style, very different to designer, born in, Ireland Designed in 1929 - still manufactured traditional designs of the same period. It in 1878. She was an today. It is another Eileen Gray piece of has a simple and functional form and is a artist, interior designer furniture that has become a design timeless design, still popular today and and architect. Trained in icon/classic. London, but spent most regarded as a classic, iconic design. of her time in France. Chromed steel frame and curved leather tubing, giving rise to an extremely AND EXERCISES ON Very few women worked in design AND EXERCISES ON comfortable seating position. during the early twentieth century, as TION TION THE DESIGNER SECTION OF this profession was male dominated. THE DESIGNER SECTION OF Height adjustable. The stand is O O

T composed of two ‘telescopic’ T The name for the .technologystudent.com Her work can be regarded as both .technologystudent.com chair was taken sliding tubes, with a pin on a .technologystudent.com .technologystudent.com functional and artistic. Much of her work www chain, used to lock them in www from the Michelin was at the leading edge of the modernist man, a character position. www movement and was influenced in www developed to sell particular, by the Art Deco design tyres.

FOR MORE INFORMA High grade tubular stainless movement. FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO DESIGNERS, GO steel and tempered glass, provide a quality finish.

1. Write a few facts about Eileen Gray. 4 marks

2. Select one of her iconic designs. Name and describe the design. Sketch it on the back of this paper. 6 marks REVISION CARDS - BETHAN GRAY WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 BETHAN GRAY DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS CARVE CHAIR OAK, PLYWOOD DINING CHAIR Deceptive simplicity.

Contemporary nature, embracing a S T AND OTHER

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A very high standard of manufacture, D O

A Welsh Designer, with a Persian blending high quality ‘luxury’ natural R P NOAH SIDEBOARD

ancestry, from an Artistic and creative materials, with craft skills and modern Y family. She studied 3D Design at De industrial processes. A R

Montford University (Leicester) and G

THE ‘DESIGNERS’ N tends to focus mainly on contemporary Elegant outcomes. ON BETHAN GRA O A .technologystudent.com

furniture. She forged her early career T AIL H

with Habitat and became head of Often inspired by culture, having T DHOW COFFEE E Habitat's furniture department, leading a travelled extensively in Asia, the Middle www B TABLE

design team, that was extremely East, Africa and America. E

successful, in designing a number of M furniture collections, between 2004 to Aesthetically pleasing, stylish and O S 2008. tactile. FOR MORE DET DESIGNERS GO

1. Describe Bethan Gray’s early work as a designer. 3 marks

2. List five characteristics of Bethan Gray’s designs. 5 marks REVISION CARDS - MARCEL BREUER WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017

MARCEL BREUER (1902-1981) CHARACTERISTICS OF BREUER’S A WELL KNOWN BAUHAUS DESIGN DESIGNS MB-118 CHAIR 1928 SIMPLICITY, FUNCTION AND AESTHETICS INNOVATIVE DESIGNS NEW MATERIALS APPLIED TO PRODUCTS (TUBULAR STEEL) NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES PRODUCTS MASS PRODUCED AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS AND EXERCISES ON PRODUCTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND EXERCISES ON Breuer was an influential modernist TION designer and made a significant TION THE DESIGNER SECTION OF contribution to the Bauhaus. He was an THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O O T

T BY MARCEL BREUER

architect and a designer. Breuer was a .technologystudent.com .technologystudent.com student at the Bauhaus, where his ability Marcel Breuer designed this famous .technologystudent.com www as a designer was recognised. After a www chair and manufactured it from one short time working in a Paris architectural piece of tubular steel. It typifies the practice, he moved back to the Bauhaus www Bauhaus philosophy - simple design, in 1925, as Head of the Carpentry Shop, mass produced, modern, aesthetically FOR MORE INFORMA

WASSILY OR B3 THE B35 CHAIR FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO working with his ‘mentor’ Walter Gropius DESIGNERS, GO CLUB CHAIR 1928 pleasing and for the general public. (the founder of the Bauhaus). 1924

1. Write three facts about Marcel Breuer. 3 marks

2. What are the characteristics of Marcel Breuer’s designs? 4 marks

3. Name and describe a product designed by Marcel Breuer. 4 marks REVISION CARDS - ROBIN DAY - THE POLYPROP CHAIR WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017 DESIGNER - ROBIN DAY THE POLYPROP CHAIR - 1 THE POLYPROP CHAIR - 2 Probably one of the High impact resistant polypropylene, is most used chairs in the used for the seat and tubular steel for world is Robin Day’s the frame. This means that the chair is Polyprop Chair of 1963, cheap and can be mass produced. which continues to be manufactured to this POLYPROPYLENE day. AND EXERCISES ON Although the design has slowly AND EXERCISES ON Robin Day, trained at the Royal evolved over the years, it is very TION College of Art in the 1930s. He was a TION THE DESIGNER SECTION OF popular as a stackable chair in THE DESIGNER SECTION OF

furniture designer, best known for his O O

T schools, universities, canteens and T .technologystudent.com innovative design of the Polyprop conference venues. .technologystudent.com Chair in 1963. This was manufactured .technologystudent.com www from polypropylene, through injection Revolutionary design, with a one piece www GAS moulding. This design became a trend seat and backrest, manufactured WELDED setter for cheap, quality, mass through injection moulding. Required www manufactured, stackable chairs. Over extensive research into ergonomics, FOR MORE INFORMA FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO 30 million have now been sold. before the manufacturing process DESIGNERS, GO STEEL TUBE could begin.

1. Who was the designer Robin Day? 3 marks

2. Why was the Polyprop Chair innovative, in the 1960s? 5 marks REVISION CARDS - OWEN MACLAREN AND THE B01 FOLDING PUSH CHAIR WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2018 V.Ryan © 2018 OWEN MACLAREN A MACLAREN CHILD’S PUSH CHAIR THE MACLAREN B01 FOLDING PUSH CHAIR AN ICONIC DESIGN

B01 Y G

G The B01 was the first folding push chair U B

and it inspired other designers to follow D

E suit. It set a high bench mark, that other D

L designers tried to meet.

O Maclaren’s use of aluminium tube, was F AND EXERCISES ON Owen Maclaren is best known for his AND EXERCISES ON new. After the introduction of the innovative design of a lightweight M a c l a r e n B 0 1 , a l u m i n i u m w a s TION folding baby carrier. In addition, he TION considered, as the main material for THE DESIGNER SECTION OF

Patented - 1965 On sale - 1967 THE DESIGNER SECTION OF

designed the undercarriage of the O O many other products. T The Maclaren BO1, is lightweight due T .technologystudent.com famous Spitfire. The new undercarriage .technologystudent.com The Maclaren B01 ‘stood out’ from other to its aluminium structure. It folds to a d e s i g n , a l l o w e d t h e p l a n e t o similar products, in the 1960s and is still www manageable size because of www manoeuver whilst on the ground and in production today (albeit, an improved innovative design and can be carried the wheels to fold into the wings, version). It has stood the test of time, by one hand. Ideal for getting on and creating an aerodynamic shape. He which is another characteristic of an off buses or folding and placing in a applied his knowledge of folding iconic product. FOR MORE INFORMA FOR MORE INFORMA

DESIGNERS, GO car boot. lightweight tubular structures, to that of DESIGNERS, GO children’s push chairs.

1. What was Owen Maclaren’s background, in the field of engineering ? 2 marks

2. Why can the Maclaren B01 Folding Push Chair, be regarded as an iconic design? 4 marks REVISION CARDS - CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017

CHARLES RENNIE SELECTION OF DESIGNS ANALYSIS OF A MACKINTOSH CHAIR MACKINTOSH(1868 to 1928) CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH Renowned Scottish designer TALL BACK / architect, who contributed Mackintosh significantly to design in the Rose SIMPLE SHAPE AND early twentieth century. He designed FORM inspirational buildings, such as the Glasgow School of Art (1899). He also EARLY MODERNIST produced floral and landscape DESIGN AND EXERCISES ON watercolours, textile designs and interior AND EXERCISES ON designs. His furniture was innovative in TION TION MINIMAL DECORATION THE DESIGNER SECTION OF design, at a time of change from Art THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O O

Nouveau to Modernism. T T .technologystudent.com He was influenced by the Japanese .technologystudent.com NATURAL WOOD .technologystudent.com style and design, recognising Japanese www www simplicity, style, functionality and their Ingram Chair

use of natural materials . www (1903) JAPANESE INFLUENCE Died in 1928 with only 6 pounds to his FOR MORE INFORMA name. His original designs, artwork and FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO

DESIGNERS, GO GEOMETRICALLY ARRANGED furniture now sell for hundreds of Argyle Chair High Back Chair Hill House Chair SQUARES / SHAPES thousands of pounds. 1897 1899 1903

1. Write a brief description of the contribution made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, to design. 4 marks

2. Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs are famous. His chairs are distinctive and easy to recognise. What are the key features of his chair designs? 5 marks REVISION CARDS - HARRY BECK AND THE LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017 HARRY BECK (1902-1974) MAP CHARACTERISTICS WHY IS IT AN ICONIC DESIGN? The distance between the stations is not The map was designed in Beck’s own important, as passengers are interested time and without a commission from the in the order of the stations and how they London Passenger Transport Board. His connected to each other. The busy original sketch was drawn in a school central area of the map, has been exercise book, whilst he was ‘laid off’. expanded to show more detail. Stations on the periphery of the geographical Beck’s London Underground Map, is now Harry Beck was an Engineering map are drawn closer to the centre. regarded as an iconic design, as it has AND EXERCISES ON Technical Draftsman and he worked for Straight lines connect the stations, AND EXERCISES ON inspired other map layouts throughout the London Underground Signals Office. ensuring the map is easy to understand. the world. The style of map that he TION TION

THE DESIGNER SECTION OF introduced has been adapted for a vast He developed an interest in the way rail THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O

O range of diagrammatic presentations. It

transport maps were graphically T T .technologystudent.com presented. Maps of the London .technologystudent.com set a high benchmark for other map designers to follow . The map provides all .technologystudent.com Underground, were geographic www www representations, although there were the necessary information required by a traveller and no unnecessary detail or attempts by map designers to simplify www the route maps. Beck’s iconic London decoration. It is strictly functional and yet

FOR MORE INFORMA can be regarded as piece of art, reflecting Underground Map was first published in FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO 1932. It was very well received by DESIGNERS, GO a modernist philosophy. It is aesthetically travellers and commuters. pleasing.

1. Write three facts about Harry Beck, including one about his iconic London Underground Map. 3 marks

2. List four characteristics of the underground map. 4 marks

3. Why can Beck’s map be regarded as an iconic design? 3 marks REVISION CARDS - ETTORE SOTTSASS - MEMPHIS DESIGN GROUP

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/254963448192823/ www.technologystudent.com © 2017 V.Ryan © 2017 THE MEMPHIS GROUP ETTORE SOTTSASS ETTORE SOTTSASS DESIGNS

Established in the 1980s. Composed of Ettore Sottsass led the ASHOKA LAMP - 1981 designers based in Italy. Memphis Memphis design group. He designers, regarded aesthetics as the designed products that most important aspect of a product, not were unusual, with bright its function. Memphis designs/products colour schemes, producing can be regarded as pieces of art or imaginary designs for THE ARTICOLO 6000 VASE exhibition pieces, not useable, practical everyday objects. AND EXERCISES ON items. AND EXERCISES ON H i s d e s i g n s w e r e TION controversial and unusual. TION

The best known ‘Memphis’ designer THE DESIGNER SECTION OF THE DESIGNER SECTION OF O was, Ettoire Sottsass. O T T .technologystudent.com

This Ceramic Totem was .technologystudent.com designed by Sottsass, as www p a r t o f t h e M e m p h i s www Group.171cm in height. The 171cm ceramic finish is coated in p o l y c h r o m e g l a z e s , 77cm FOR MORE INFORMA FOR MORE INFORMA DESIGNERS, GO p r o d u c i n g a c o l o u r f u l DESIGNERS, GO reflective surface. DRESSER LAMP

1. In what decade was Memphis design most popular ? 1 marks

2. For a Memphis designer, how important is a product’s aesthetics compared to it’s functions? 3 marks

3. Who was Ettore Sottsass? 1 marks

4. Name and describe one of Ettore Sottsass’s designs? 3 marks