Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Herman Miller {extra credit video}
Here is a short film that was actually made by Ray and Charles Eames. It is a cad study of their own home after having lived in it for 5 years. Enjoy!
Herman Miller
Herman Miller rolled out their first line of modern furniture in 1933. After this herman Miller hired George Nelson to design for the company. Nelson designed the Herman Miller logo that is still used today as well as several pieces of furniture including the marshmallow sofa, coconut chair, and the nelson platform bench.
We also heard a lot about Ray and Charles Eames. Ray and Charles were a husband and wife design team who created amazing furniture that people still regularly use today. Their furniture design was inspired by a leg splint that they were commissioned to design by the U.S. military during WWII. This splint used thin plywood that was bent and pressed into the proper shape. This inspired several chairs that the Eames created out of bent and pressed plywood to create comfortable and modern chairs for residential and commercial settings. Some of their most famous chairs include their bent plywood chair, molded fiberglass rocker, a chaise lounge sleeper, and the Eamses lounge chair and ottoman.
After having been primarily involved in residential design, Herman Miller began to become involved in commercial design. Robert Propst was hired to do research on commercial design and eventually developed the action office after seeing a need for change in the working environment. The action office was not initially received as he wished, however, today their are 7 different Herman Miller models of the action office.
Herman Miller continues to be a highly successful company and over the years have bought out several companies including Geiger, Nemschoff, and Design Within Reach.
Some Herman Miller pieces:
We also heard a lot about Ray and Charles Eames. Ray and Charles were a husband and wife design team who created amazing furniture that people still regularly use today. Their furniture design was inspired by a leg splint that they were commissioned to design by the U.S. military during WWII. This splint used thin plywood that was bent and pressed into the proper shape. This inspired several chairs that the Eames created out of bent and pressed plywood to create comfortable and modern chairs for residential and commercial settings. Some of their most famous chairs include their bent plywood chair, molded fiberglass rocker, a chaise lounge sleeper, and the Eamses lounge chair and ottoman.
After having been primarily involved in residential design, Herman Miller began to become involved in commercial design. Robert Propst was hired to do research on commercial design and eventually developed the action office after seeing a need for change in the working environment. The action office was not initially received as he wished, however, today their are 7 different Herman Miller models of the action office.
Herman Miller continues to be a highly successful company and over the years have bought out several companies including Geiger, Nemschoff, and Design Within Reach.
Some Herman Miller pieces:
Eames plywood chair
Eames lounge chair and ottoman
Eames fiberglass rocker
original Action Office system
Today's use of Herman Miller:
Using Eames fiberglass chair in dining room
new Action Office system
Peer Reviews:
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Art Deco {extra credit}
Here is a short video that gives s little tour of the Chicago Board of Trade Building, which is done in the Art Deco style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nTSqX1mlvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nTSqX1mlvU
Art Deco
Art Deco took place in the 1920's and was heavily inspired by the wars that were taking place around this time. This style originated in France and came to the US and other European countries when WWII began. This style was very fashion oriented, it was strongly decorative and glamorous. It features chevron patterns, folding screens, skyscraper furniture, large mirrors, gilded finishes, and prominent lighting fixtures.
The furniture of this style used rich materials like ebony, zebrawood with ivory inlays, polished metals, and glass.
One prominent designer of this time was Michel Roux-Spitz. he was a French architect who was the chief architect of Civil Buildings. Much of his work can be seen around Paris, such as the office building shown below
Roux-Spitz also designed interiors that were very Art Deco with lots of glass, mirrors, lacquered finishes, and intriguing light fixtures, such as this one seen in Paris in 1925:
The furniture of this style used rich materials like ebony, zebrawood with ivory inlays, polished metals, and glass.
One prominent designer of this time was Michel Roux-Spitz. he was a French architect who was the chief architect of Civil Buildings. Much of his work can be seen around Paris, such as the office building shown below
Roux-Spitz also designed interiors that were very Art Deco with lots of glass, mirrors, lacquered finishes, and intriguing light fixtures, such as this one seen in Paris in 1925:
Modern Application:
Today, Art Deco can be seen all across in world in homes, hotels, and clubs.
Peer Reviews:
Amanda did a great job with this blog post. She shared some really neat images that were original to the Art Deco time period as well as really good modern day application of the style.
Holli's blog was great as well. I really liked the image of the chairs that she shared, especially the chair that was created using deer hide. Her modern application was also very accurate and showed a couple of hotels and dining rooms that used the Art Deco style very well.
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