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91	Greta Magnusson Grossman : Från funkis till California Modern Magnusson Harling, Emma January 2024 (has links) This thesis explores the architecture, interior design and furniture design of Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906-1999), a pioneering Swedish Modernist who emigrated to the United States in 1940 and became part of the design movement California Modern in Los Angeles. Despite a productive and acclaimed career, her work was more or less forgotten until rediscovered in the early 2000’s.In this thesis, Greta Magnusson Grossman’s broader context is understood through literature studies of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition, the introduction of Swedish Modern at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the postwar design movement California Modern, and the International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1948. Similar needs for well designed, low cost housing and furniture in the two countries are found.To further examine the work of Magnusson Grossman, her 1949 residence at Waynecrest Drive in Los Angeles is visually analyzed and compared with contemporary Case Study House #8 by American design couple Charles and Ray Eames from 1949, and Swedish furniture designer and architect Bruno Mathsson’s Exhibition Hall from 1950. Several correlations between the three environments are identified, and confirms Greta Magnusson Grossman’s progressive contributions in the fields of architecture, interiors and furniture design. Art History Architecture Design Interior Design Furniture Design Modernism Swedish Modern Functionalism California Modern Women Architects Greta Magnusson Grossman Charles and Ray Eames Bruno Mathsson The Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 New York World’s Fair 1939 Case Study Houses New Deal Folkhemmet the People’s Home Gunnar Asplund Sven Markelius Uno Åhrén Gregor Paulsson Per Albin Hansson Franklin D. Roosevelt Le Corbusier Frank Lloyd Wright Walter Gropius Bauhaus Art History Konstvetenskap
92	Do You Read Me? Objects of Language and the Language of Objects Barnett, Jamie Marie 01 January 2005 (has links) My project investigates the intersection of typography and furniture. It questions the language of these objects and compares the two, based on an assumption of similarity. Each supports the assertion of the language system of the other. letter letterform ligature object park bench seat status symbol table three-dimensional design typographic form typography visual visual form legibility language furniture design graphic design furniture functionality dimensional letters form function design communication communication design counterform craft chair architecture Art and Design Arts and Humanities
93	A Spectacle and Nothing Strange King, Taylor Z 01 January 2019 (has links) Working through methods of abstraction and comedic mimicry I choreograph awkwardly balanced sculpture with objects of adornment as a means to defuse personal sensitivities surrounding my experiences of gender, desire, and home. The research that follows is concerned with the adjacent, the in between, above and underneath, because I feel that this kind of looking means that you are, to some degree, aware of what lies at the edges. Maybe this is what Gertrude Stein means to act as though there is no use in a center—because this concerns a way of relating, though there are many things in the room. ‘A spectacle and nothing strange’ is an arrangement of gestures, of made difference, of kinships, of orientations and possible futures, sustained tension, coded adornment, big dyke energy, shifts in hardness, leaning softness, much more than flowers, ...and in any case there is sweetness and some of that. lesbian queer orientation adornment sculpture art Art and Materials Conservation Art Practice Ceramic Arts Esthetics Feminist Philosophy Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Fine Arts Furniture Design History of Gender Interior Design Metal and Jewelry Arts Painting Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Mind Poetry Printmaking Sculpture
94	Axel Einar Hjorth – arkitekten som glömdes bort : om Nordiska Kompaniets chefsarkitekt och svensk art déco / Axel Einar Hjorth – the architect who was forgotten : an essay about the head architect of Nordiska Kompaniet and Swedish art déco Carlsten, Susanna January 2008 (has links) Denna uppsats beskriver möbelarkitekten Axel Einar Hjorths karriär och produktion med fokus på åren 1927-32, hans första sex år som chefsarkitekt på Nordiska Kompaniet. Genom att undersöka några samtida tidskrifter försöker uppsatsen även utröna hur Hjorth mottogs under sin egen tid, samt varför han var förtigen i svenskdesignhistoria så länge. I uppsatsen ingår flera möbelanalyser vilka syftar till att beskriva Hjorths stil och bredd samt tidens smak. Uppsatsen visar att Axel Einar Hjorth ofta ritade internationellt orienterade möbler i ren art déco, men också stilmöbler, funktionalistiska seriemöbler m.m. Art déco var en stilriktning under mellankrigstiden, men i Sverige talar vi ofta om ”Swedish Grace” eftersom mycket konsthantverk under denna tid fick ett något svalare klassicistiskt uttryck än övriga länders. I Sverige har art décon eller ”Swedish Grace” ofta hamnat i skuggan av funktionalismen, som fick större genomslagskraft. Det är en av anledningarna till att ingen akademisk text tidigare har skrivits om Axel Einar Hjorth. / This essay describes the carrier and production of the architect Axel Einar Hjorth, with an emphasis on the years 1927-1932, his first six years as head architect at Nordiska Kompaniet. The essay also tries to inquire into how Hjorth was recieved by contemporary press and explain why he was forgotten about for many years. The study shows that the furniture designs of Axel Einar Hjorth was very international in it´s style. Instead of calm classicism the furnitures often have strong references to art déco, a style that didn´t grew big in Sweden. The essay includes several furniture analyses where the aim is to show Hjorths versatility. Hjorth designed both art déco furnitures, period furnitures and more modernistic furnitures etc. One of the reasons why so little has been written about Axel Einar Hjorth and art déco in Sweden is that the funktionalism won the debate with it´s socialistic ideas, which made art déco a short-lived style. Axel Einar Hjorth Nordiska Kompaniet art déco “Swedish Grace” funktionalism modernism furniture design 1920´s 1930´s Stockholmsutställningen 1930 the Barcelona world fair 1929 Axel Einar Hjorth Nordiska Kompaniet art déco ”Swedish Grace” tjugotalsklassicism funktionalism möbeldesign 1920-tal 1930-tal Stockholmsutställningen 1930 världsutställningen i Barcelona 1929
95	Endogenic Production : subjective matter and bodily involvement Ställborn, Nils January 2022 (has links) The word endogenic means growing or proceeding from within, it is commonly used to describe the process of tectonic movement and earth crust formation caused by the extrusion of magmatic material. My project is a metaphorical exploration of the geological term “endogenic process” as well as an exploration of a design approach based on the term.The work explores soft form-bearing structures and textile bodies that contrast in relation to the hard framework of the rectangular room. It touches on material hierarchies in the living environment and the field of spatial design. The research explores the relationship between interior bodies and spatial frameworks. It aims to highlight the importance of the subject within the framework of the rectangular space that divides the interior of most buildings. My work involves exploring the endogenic process as a way of relating to the creative process and through the use of soft structures and drapery creating furniture that engages people with the spatial framework of the rectangular room. It is an exploration of spatial furniture that constitutes a connection and physical involvement between bodies and space, a kind of furniture providing a multiplicity of possibilities. Spatial design interior architecture interior design textile furniture textile structure soft structure squiggly structures drafting draw drawstring drawstring furniture furniture furniture design textile architecture Baroque sewing furniture form-production endogenic exogenic endogenic approach endogenic process tectonic production rectangular room clothes architecture body design method wool Texel wool folds pleats material hierarchies the senses draping shape sustainable norm criticism exploring Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst

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