RELATED TERMS: Critical thinking; Humanism; Modernism; Avant-Garde Movements; Design History; Design Practice and Functionalism; “I find it fascinating how the West spent so much time dehumanising the other, while also using the artifacts of the latter to humanise its own space.” Yassine Ben Abdallah ‘Modernity’ may be taken as an example of a framing narrative,Continue reading “Modernity”
Category Archives: Design History
Hochschule für Gestaltung
RELATED TERMS: Bauhaus; Black Mountain College; Deutscher Werkbund The Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm (Ulm Institute of Design) was founded in 1953. It closed in 1968 amid the cultural and political upheaval of the period. What made Ulm special was the idea that design should be understood and practiced as a socially relevant and ultimatelyContinue reading “Hochschule für Gestaltung”
Design and Theory: Total Design, Total Theory
RELATED TERMS: Gesamtkunstwerk To say that design defines humanity is not quite the same as saying ‘Dasein is design’. In a material culture approach, humanity is shaped by its objects. As many of those objects are designed, it might be argued that humanity is shaped by its designs. However, many of those objects-as-designs, are themselvesContinue reading “Design and Theory: Total Design, Total Theory”
Design History
RELATED TERMS: Design and Theory: Total Design, Total Theory; Design History and Racialism [Footnote]; Design Practice and Functionalism; Iconic Designs and Iconic Designers; Lifeworld – Lebenswelt – Umwelt; Modernism; Modernity; Ontological Designing; Theoretical Practice; “Every age has its own distinctive building type. For the 19th century it was the railway station, for the 20th centuryContinue reading “Design History”
