https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8 en-us 2017-01-10 12:30:09 UTC 2025-03-30 13:46:12 UTC hello@padlet.com kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147193124 "Pictures don’t have to preach or tell stories, is actually fundamental to the whole development of the 20th century and remains with us today. This notion that beauty should inform everything we do, all the ways in which we live, is absolutely crucial. You can say effectively that the aesthetic movement was the first lifestyle revolution."

This videos exploits the key players like Rosetti, Leighton, and Wilde who influenced the movement. Interestingly, the movement drew from classical art that suggests that manly beauty is just as important as women's beauty, which can be found in the bright and colorful male peacock-like fashion. It also touches on a the emergence of the red-head as a beautiful thing. ]]> 2017-01-14 15:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147193124 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147193689 A quick style guide linking artists and trends from all backgrounds during the Aesthetic Movement. ]]> 2017-01-14 15:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147193689 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147197823 You're guide to the who's who of The Aesthetic Movement: 1860-1900]]> 2017-01-14 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147197823 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147198931 William Morris captures a major theme of the Aesthetic Movement with this quote. The idea that people should own things that are beautiful to just admire them was novel at the time. Art doesn't have to teach you a moral lesson, but it can enhance your life by simply being lovely. ]]> 2017-01-14 17:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147198931 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147201287 Zen was a concept that the West hadn't encountered before and perhaps didn't even realize they had when Japan opened it's borders. All they knew was that Japan was polar opposite from their bustling world back home. Why is Japanese style so different from Western styles? Well, to understand why Japanese art is so entirely different, you must understand the fundamental difference behind Japan's philosophy and design - a difference that begins with Zen. Multifaceted and interwoven into Japanese society, Zen is the key to the clean lines of Japanese art. But what is Zen exactly? Click the link to find out:]]> 2017-01-14 18:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147201287 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147203303 The story of Japan's fingerprints on Western culture. 

]]> 2017-01-14 19:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147203303 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147208296 All the people who made the facelift of the nursery rhymes possible. ]]> 2017-01-14 21:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147208296 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147208564 2017-01-14 21:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/147208564 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/148598234 Art's quest for an equal society. ]]> 2017-01-22 22:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/148598234 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/150121677 Modernism is a combination of ideas that effected art and design in many parts of the world in many ways and movements. Why can it all be under one name? Because Modernism is a state of being which views the future in a much more utopian way, which comes out in the art, design, literature, and politics of the time. ]]> 2017-01-29 21:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/150121677 FIEVictoria https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/150532350 2017-01-31 14:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/150532350 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/151686332 A look into the bright and dark sides of the glorious 50s, where capitalism and the pursuit of a luxurious life were the key to a happy suburbia. ]]> 2017-02-05 20:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/151686332 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152335127 2017-02-08 00:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152335127 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152634550 A overview of the items and people who used plastic to reshape and free the world as they knew it. ]]> 2017-02-08 22:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152634550 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152639634 2017-02-08 22:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152639634 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152643504 2017-02-08 23:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/152643504 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/153277967 The Smithsonian Magazine explains the digression from utopian rigid lines to diversity that is the difference in the two similar but increasingly distinctive eras of design. ]]> 2017-02-12 15:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/153277967 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/153281855 Industry. Technology. Unrest. All the makings for a very interesting era of art and design. ]]> 2017-02-12 16:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/153281855 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155204134 Design and Technology come together to create a suit that is meticulously designed to be both visually pleasing and comfortable. This design is monumental because it gives viewers a glimpse at the importance and possibilities of design as technology advances and demands advanced design to give life to the brains. ]]> 2017-02-21 16:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155204134 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155545581 On the top floor of the new museum off High Street Kensington, both antiquated and familiar items tell the story of design through the ages.
The story now extends passed the modern story of the emergence of clean line and plastic record players to the postmodern miniaturizing and coloring of technology towards the future.

http://designmuseum.org]]> 2017-02-22 18:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155545581 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155546348 Let's break all the rules - The Memphis Group sure did. After the stark lines of modernism, postmodern designers wanted to just go crazy with expression and have fun with design. No rules, no problem.
Accordingly, this piece seemingly makes no sense. The bright colors are very typical of the expressive postmodern period, but more uniquely, the little man-like figure at the top and unnecessary triangular blocks tell the viewer that this is just for fun. Why not make a bookcase with diagonal and bright colors? You can see, however, that these artists didn't completely toss out the clean line ideas from modernism, but they employed the lines in a very different style to create something conceptually different.
http://www.memphis-milano.org]]> 2017-02-22 18:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155546348 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155547236 The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by German architect Walter Gropius. Gropius introduced his radical concept of reimagining the arts to reflect the unity through a all-encompassing art school. This utopian idea is typical of a moderist view point (art was moving away from the structured and antiquated discipline into one vehicle of expression), but The Bauhaus went above and beyond. Students learned painting, weaving, pottery, typography - you name it.
This poster by Joost Schmidt boasts of modernism ideals in it's design and typography. Why? Although it may seem to not make sense, the image is made up of purely geometric shapes. The type is even rectangular in some words and then circular in "1923" in the right corner. The simplicity in the color pallete is also typical of modernism, which is known for its primary-color scheme. Asymmetrical but still visually pleasing, Schmidt's design has become a classic from The Bauhaus, even though it was produced while he was still a student there.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm]]> 2017-02-22 18:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155547236 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155610166 Christopher Dresser is a well known designer of the Aesthetic Movement, but he is important in linking European design of the mid 19th century to Japanese design. After Japan opened its borders to trade, designers started incorporating the simplicity into their own designs - creating Anglo-Japanese design. 
This teapot is a perfect example of an Aesthetic Movement piece because Dresser uses a European-style teapot shape as the foundation for Japanese-style aspects like the smooth surfaces and the typical dark ebony wood on the handle. And yet, we know this is an Aesthetic fusion because of the little decorative spindle and square in the center of the pot that have no particular meaning or use, but are simply there for decorative purposes. Anything style worked in the Aesthetic movement just as long at it was pretty to look at.]]> 2017-02-22 21:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155610166 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155610748 The Garden City Movement was the brain-child of Ebenezer Howard. He, along with influencers like Ruskin and Morris were appalled at the indecency of the city life and worked to better the lives of the urban working class with better and more beautiful but affordable design. Howard took that idea a step further and drew up plans for a city that would change the life of the normal citizen. By giving an individual the best of both the city and the country (as depicted below), people would live lives of unity, purpose, and happiness. This idea is a directly related to the Arts & Crafts movement because of its focus on quality of life for the poor and giving a moral obligation and utopian aspect to design.]]> 2017-02-22 21:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/155610748 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156001732 The consumer explosion of plastic can be summed up in one phenomenon - the birth of Tupperware. Although many people today use the name Tupperware for anything that is plastic and holds leftovers, the name originally comes from (you guessed it) Earl Tupper, the creator of tupperware. Mr. Tupper was one of the first designers to take full advantage of the plastic technology on hand in the 1950s. And although his concept fits the ideas of the time seamlessly - a completely throw-away item, the new product didn't immediately take off. It took the adoption of women's Tupperware selling parties to really launch the brand into the limelight. 
The design of Tupperware like those pictured was marketed to fit the ideals of the 50s. The cookie cutter life left people looking for choices like color and variety of price to distinguish themselves from their neighbors. Colorful varieties and endless possibilities coupled with a sleek and modern-like design makes Mr. Tupper's design an epitome of the 1950s.]]> 2017-02-24 12:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156001732 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156009514 Craftsmanship, new materials/technology, and a new concept of comfort combined to make this lounge chair a modernism icon. Tubular steel and molded plywood were in their infancy when this chair came on the market. It also reflects the clean lines and geometric trend of modern design. Most importantly, no one could seem to design it any more perfectly - which gave it a rise to fame that gives the chair and the Eames name a lasting presence today. ]]> 2017-02-24 13:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156009514 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156108410 This collection of icons will help adjust your eyes to the modernist design style. https://www.pinterest.com/bpirman/modernism/]]> 2017-02-24 18:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156108410 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156200492 The Sex Pistols were a group that rose to fame during the subculture revolution in the late 1970s. Their music reflected the postmodern spirit of going against the grain, specifically of social conformity. Their hit "God Save the Queen", along with its graphic (as seen in 'Punky') are major icons for the postmodern era because of their radical difference from the conformity and streamline design and themes of the modernist era. ]]> 2017-02-25 17:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156200492 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156210226 Read about how war gave the Modernism movement a push towards the radical movement we know today. War and political upheaval during and after WWI needed an art form that reflected the utopian world they wanted and yet a response to chaos. This expression helped evolve the movement into what we classify it as today. ]]> 2017-02-25 21:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156210226 kkayworth22 https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156210709 This chair was made by Ernest William Gimson in 1905. A late piece of the Arts and Crafts Movement, it typifies all the ideology behind the movement. Gimson made the chair for Sam Barnsley, who lived in a cottage nearby. All of the furnishings in the the cottage matched the cottage itself - natural material and plain, well made pieces. This chair fit well not only in the house (where they made their own bread, beer, and still kept chickens), but in the archives of the Arts and Crafts Movement because of the meticulous craftsmanship.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/arts-and-crafts-britain-1880-1914/]]> 2017-02-25 21:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kkayworth22/dp0n0lcletk8/wish/156210709