SP2019FA309.MidCenturyModernDesign&Thought

Texts  with provided links: Brutualism: What is it? And Why is it making a comeback? MoMA Learning on Line: Towards a Concrete Utopia - Architecture in Yugoslavia 1948 - 1980 NYTimes: Brutalism is Back OCT 6 . 2016 NYTimes: Paul Rudolf at 100, The Mischief Maker NYTimes: Can Polands Faded Brutalist Architecture be Redeemed? OCT 10 . 2018 Wiki page Brutalist Architecture Brutalist Architecture Saylor Academy New Haven's Brutalist Design - Duo Dickinson Re-imagining Robin Hood Gardens through the experience of Park Hill, London   Brutalist Slide Show > EU, UK, US/CA, IS Socks Studio - The Smithsons A town is a Machine for Movement - Failed Architecture VIDEO: The Case for Brutalist Architecture ** BBC Film:   Brutalism - Concrete Poetry with Johnathan Meades Raw Content True to its Construction > Brutalist influences on Web -------------------------> Recall Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) as the "Father of S...

The modernist designers had a utopian vision, and their products have transformed both our homes and our cities. But while the style remains popular to this day, it is important to consider the many ways in which the modernist project was less successful than intended (some would say that's putting it mildly). We will investigate some of the principle failures of modernism this week, focusing in particular on the modernist attempt to transform our cities and social realities.  Written Assignment For this week, focus on the readings/links posted in the content area and on Professor Pepper's blog, as well as your own research into the topic of 'failures of modernism'. You may also include materials from Week VII when we covered the European mid-century designers. RE: https://bb.cazenovia.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_114553_1&course_id=_6455_1&mode=reset Texts   each link back to course materials found on bb.cazeno...

Texts   each link back to course materials found on bb.cazenovia.edu The story of Design:  The Scandinavian Approaches The story of Design:  Good Form and the West German Economic Miracle Dieter Rams: 10 Principles of Good Design Architectural Digest: Dieter Rams is having a New Moment: Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modernist / International Style / Scandinavia During WWII and post, architects and designers in Germany, France and Switzerland embraced 'hard-edge' aesthetic... While in Scaninavia a gentler interpretation of the International Style was being created. Why? Turn of the 20th c. the Scandinavians looked towards National Romanticism and folk / craft ideals, similiar to the influences of the Arts & Crafts Movement on Britian post WWII Carl Larsson : 1898 illustration Turn of the century Swedish Ca...