Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Cat Huang and Guest Artist Dorian Epps provide Part 1 of a design curriculum for self-taught artists that cover the essential skills.
- 1 min. short (chair design at MoMA)
- 1 min. short (bookcase at MoMA)
- 1 min. short (T-shirt stencil)
- 1 min. short (pizza box stencil)
- 1 min. short (wallpaper design)
- 1 min. video (fashion ideas)
- 44 min. video (curriculum)
- 1 min. short (apron & skirt)
- Fashion Design playlist
- Industrial Design playlist
How do you define design, and what fields are in design? This is a discussion of the basics of design, while providing clear definitions of the various fields
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Explained are apparel design, shoe wear design, industrial design, architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, furniture design, graphic design, and more.
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Video Walkthrough
- “Form follows function” is a fundamental concept in design, which explains that an effective design is one where the design itself is well integrated into the function.
- One of the main differences with fine art vs. design has a lot to do with whether the object is being mass produced (like a teapot which is sold) versus a sculpture in which there is only 1.
- What determines whether something is fine art or design can sometimes be about the context where you see the object: in a retail store vs. a gallery.
- There is a lot of overlap with context, certainly some industrial designs can be seen in a museum context, which is where people more frequently associate with fine art.
- Architecture can be very emotional, it can cause us to feel something specific when entering the space.
- A lot of design involves working in teams, and engineers, mechanics, and more to make a design possible.
- Accessibility in design is very important, considering who the audience is and how you want them to interact with the design.
- Innovative designs often spark a larger conversation, which can be about identity, culture, and more.
- You’ll see many trends in design, often in a 20 year cycle where designs are brought back.
- Nostalgia can be a part of design trends, when a specific decade’s design is brought back.
- Fashion design is an umbrella field that also includes apparel design and footwear design.
- Design has a lot to do with culture, as seen in textile design which can be associated with a specific country to culture.
- Industrial design can be defined as “anything in a house that is not alive.”
- Many designers have a dialogue with past designers, some designs evolve over the years, which some designs are an homage, another interpretation on a past design.
- Design can impact our mood, a design that we love and interact with can make us happy.
- At times designers place too much importance on the look of a design, which then sacrifices the functionality of the deisgn.
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Designers Mentioned
Apparel design
- Charles Frederick Worth
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- Guo Pei
- Junya Watanabe
- Lisa Folawiyo
- Yves Saint Laurent
furniture design
- Charles Eames
- Inga Sempé
- Jomo Tariku
- Marcel Breuer
- Mathias Koehler
- Sabine Marcelis
Shoe wear design
- André Perugia
- John Fluevog
- Salehe Bembury
- Virgil Abloh
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industrial design
- Alec Issigonis
- Cecilie Manz
- Charles P. Strite
- Corradino d’Ascanio
- Don Featherstone
- Earl R. Dean
- Eva Zeisel
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Jony Ive
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Samuel Wilkinson
Landscape architecture
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Hagia Sophia
- India Mahdavi
- Kris Horiuchi
- Maya Lin
interior architecture
- Amiens Cathedral
- Balliol College Dining Hall
- Neri&Hu
architecture
- Afar huts
- Billie Tsien
- Chris Cornelius
- Clay Palace of Ghardaïa, Algeria
- Daniel Libeskind
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Le Corbusier
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Mies van der Rohe
- Mud huts of Gaoui, Chad
- Rafael Viñoly
- Zaha Hadid
- Zulu Beehive Huts
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game & Toy Design
- Charles Darrow
- Eleanor Abbott
- Elizabeth Magie
- James Wilson
- Lewis Chessmen
- Royal Game of Ur
graphic design
- Bachir Bachchar
- Carin Goldberg
- Charles Demuth
- David Lance Goines
- Earl Gee
- Milton Glaser
- Paula Scher
- Saul Bass
- Tobias Frere-Jones
- Works Progress Administration Posters
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