SD3082 Introduction to Design Theories and Culture

Autumn Semester 2017

Subject coordinator: Dr. Sandy Ng

Modernity & Design I

October 6, 2017

Tutor: Sandy Ng
 Question
*This week’s topic discussion proposes that
ornamentation is a negative aspect of design. Do
you agree?
*Can you give a design example that support
your answer?
 Analysis
*Can you determine whether the following
object is a modern design? Please provide
reasons that support your answer.
Archibald Knox (British, 1864–1933)
Claret jug, 1900–1901
Manufacturer: W. H. Haseler for Liberty & Company
Silver, chrysoprase H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 (1992.346)
Liberty department store, London.
Opened in 1875 by Arthur Lazen to sell Japanese crafts
and contemporary design.
Harness Decoration, 100–300
Celtic or Roman
Copper alloy 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (6.6 x 6.9 x 1 cm)
Gift of Alastair B. Martin, 1948 (48.154.5)
William Morris
Pimpernel design for wallpaper
Block-printed
Manufactured for Morris & Co, 1876
Victoria and Albert Museum, England
Top: Morning Glory Bottom: Pimpernel
Right: Drawing of pimpernels
The Billiard Room, Wightwick, England
The Gothic windows are curtained in Bird, woven wool double cloth. The wall paper
is Pimpernel and the carpet is the Lily pattern Kidderminster, 1877.
Case Study House #22 (pool), Los Angeles, California, 1960
Case Study House #22 (pool), Los Angeles California, 1960
IBM Building, Seattle, 1964
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1960s
The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949 (built).
Casa Batllo
Artist: Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)
Art form: Architecture
Site: Barcelona, Spain
Date: 1905-07

Street Level View, facade with

'bones'
Casa Batllo: colour tiles facade
Casa Batllo: noble floor (open to public)
Casa Batllo: light fixture
Casa Batllo: hallway
RENÉ LALIQUE
A DIAMOND, ENAMEL AND GLASS 'HAWTHORN' BROOCH 1899-1901

Modelled as a realistic hawthorn branch with opalescent glass flowers

and enamelled branches, the window enamel leaves with diamond accents,
the thicker branch 8.5 cm
Hawthorn branch with white flowers
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870–1956)
Tea service, ca. 1910
Silver, ebony, amethyst, carnelian H. (large teapot) 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2000 (2000.278.1–.9)
Nord Express
Place of origin: France (printed) Date:1927 (printed)
Artist/Maker: Cassandre, Adolphe Mouron, born 1901 - died 1968 (designer)
Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph
 Next Week’s Reading
• Andrea Branzi: “Italian Design: The
Players” (Milan: Domus Edizioni, CD Rom,
1995) Excerpt.
• [Marco Zanuso, pp.140-147]