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Design & Designers
Understanding Visual Culture
Module 10.2
agenda 4.2.15
packaging design (short review)
semiotics of chair design
chairs in art
Whistler's Mother (1871) v. Ingres, Princesse de Broglie (1853)
David Mme Récamier (1800) v. Gérard, Mme Récamier (1805)
famous modern chairs
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Chair and Brno Chair
Charles and Ray Eames, DCM, LCW, RAR
Gerrit RIETVELD, Zigzag Chair
Frank GEHRY, Easy Edges Chair and Hat Trick Chair
Side Chair, circa 1880, maple, cane seat
Lebanon, Massachusetts
Name three
visual/functional
elements of the chair.
Compare/contrast: form
Side chair, gilt and Beauvais tapestry, c. 1780
Compare/contrast: meanings
Whistler, Arrangement in Gray and Black #1, 1871
Ingres, Princesse de Broglie, 1853
Jacques-Louis David, Madame Récamier, 1800
Magritte, Perspective, 1951
The Salon of Mme Récamier, with furniture by Jacob Frères, illustration from 1849
Chaise Longue of Mme Recamier, by Jacob Freres, c. 1798
David, Madame Récamier, 1800
Gérard, Juliette Récamier, 1805
"serious fun": Charles & Ray Eames, American designing duo
textile designs
toys and games for all ages
Their home and studio, Case Study House No. 8, Pacific Palisades, LA, 1949
Eames
DCM
1946
Eames, LCW (Lounge Chair Wood), 1946
Eames
RAR 1950
"Rocking
Armchair"
Gerrit
RIETVELD
Zig-Zag Chair
1932-1934
Production: 1935
to c.1955
Manufacturer:
Metz & Co.,
Amsterdam
Material: red-
stained elm,
brass screws
not a chair but a
"designer joke"
The chair is stabilized by
dovetail joints between the seat
and back, reinforcements with
screws and nuts, as well as
wooden wedges in the corners.
Frank GEHRY
Easy Edges Side Chair
corrugated cardboard
1972
Frank GEHRY
Hat Trick Chair
1989-90
what's driving modern
design?
spirit of experiment
using new materials
using old materials in unfamiliar ways
coming up with solutions undreamt of previously
formal innovation
the desire to make it different
the desire to make it new (novelty prized over traditional
solutions—after all, chairs have been around for a long time!)
what else might motivate
designers?
the desire to change the world!
using design to create innovative solutions to real-world
problems, not just making another chair or cocktail shaker
or sneaker
Formal Analysis/Semiotic Analysis
What formal/functional features do these chairs possess?
What do they signify, culturally?
Briefly describe the visual form of the seating pictured in this photograph. Then
speculate: what set of functions are implied in this design? What meanings can we
infer about the people likely to be seated in each chair?
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