History of Design

Dec 12 2007

Eames Aluminum Group Advertisement by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design, History of Design, Typography
Dec 06 2007

Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Car by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Design, Engineering, History of Design, Past Future, Product Design, patents
Core77 just posted a link to a great collection of information on the Buckminster Fuller-designed Dymaxion car.
Nov 30 2007

Evolution of the Pecten Shell Logo by David Goligorsky
Graphic Design, History of Design
The National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA is running a Raymond Loewy retrospective. When this French-born engineer's parents died in the influenza epidemic on 1918-19, he travelled to the United States to live with his brother. His first job was to do drawings for women's fashion advertising. He went on to become a fundamental founder of the industrial design profession and broke into graphic design with great success. Now that I am aware of Loewy's contributions to graphic design, it is difficult to avoid the reach of his logo design. Shell is but one example of how ...
Nov 26 2007

Paul Rand Tribute Film by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Apple, Art, Design, Graphic Design, History of Design, Remix, Visualization
Paul Rand (August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996) was a graphic designer best known for creating the corporate identities of IBM, UPS, and the NeXT computer (the company founded by Steve Jobs after leaving Apple in 1985 with director Ross Perot!) Paul Rand is also known for writing the children's book "Little 1" with Ann Rand, which you can preview and buy at Amazon.
Nov 23 2007

Maharam Virtual Library by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Data Presentation, Experience Design, GUI, Graphic Design, History of Design, Interaction Design, Visualization
Maharam is a textile distributor with tons of great patterns. They have a very well-designed website to boot. Try out the Maharam Virtual Library on the sidebar... my favorite book there is "Textiles of the 20th Century," notably the Eames' "Circles 458310" pattern on page 3 and "Dot Pattern 458300" on page 4.
Nov 20 2007

George Nelson: Lesser known textiles by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Design, History of Design
George Nelson is best known for his furniture and clocks, but he has some excellent textile designs as well. The design is attributed to both George Nelson and Irving Harper. Irving Harper has been getting some attention on the blogosphere lately. Design*Sponge had picked up some images of his incredible midcentury modern home. Matte Stevens, an incredible artist in his own right, has had a number of conversations with Mr. Harper including a visit to his home.
Nov 19 2007

Minimalist Design Guidelines by David Goligorsky
Associative Thought, History of Design, Quotes
Dieter Rams 10 Commandments of Design (via Vitsoe): Good design is innovative Good design makes a product useful Good design is aesthetic Good design helps a product to be understood Good design is unobtrusive Good design is honest Good design is durable Good design is consistent to the last detail Good design is concerned with the environment Good design is as little design as possible And since the only way to one-up a minimalist is to offer one less rule in guiding design, MUJI:, the brandless brand, comes through. Because there is complexity in purity. Elegance in plainness. Intricacy in streamlining. Richness in reduction. Depth in minimalism. Surprise in uniformity. Innovation in re-use. Cool in the avoidance of cool. And ...
Nov 19 2007

Ruminate over Dieter Rams by David Goligorsky
Apple, Design, GUI, History of Design, Product Design, Remix
While the previous Braun Design/Dieter Rams post is still warm: The 2007 iPhone calculator GUI "borrows" heavily from the 1977 design of the Braun ET44 and ET66 calculators (ET = elektronischer taschenrechner = electronic calculator.) (originally via oyayubizoku, nicest comparison image via domanske) Further examples of Apple mirroring the lines of Dieter Rams' designs include: Braun T3 Taschenradio (1958-1960) :: Apple iPod Braun LE1 Lautsprecher (1960) :: Apple iMac to a lesser extent, Braun T1000 (1960) :: Apple G5 (compiled at Flankenlauf)
Nov 16 2007

Midcentury Braun Design by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Design, History of Design, Product Design
Braun was a powerhouse of modern design. They're celebrating "50 years of Design Innovation" right now, although the company was founded over 80 years ago... Perhaps they have decided that the Dieter Rams era defined the beginning of the company's innovation. Braun Audio 300
Nov 15 2007

The American Look by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Product Design
The Sedgwick Virtual Theater (the meta-Sedgwick Theater) has provided "The American Look." It's a 1958 tribute to the designers of America. (via Innovation Blog, the blog of design firm Herbst LaZar Bell)

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