History 2 Haley Becker

SARA: I really liked the set up of your blog and the pictures you used. The way you wrote about this time period made it easy to read. SOMANG: You didn't write a lot but what you did write was very professional and easy to read. I liked the chair pictures you put in your blog post as well.

This style had a very trendy color scheme. When it comes to furniture they had plastics, metal composites, laments, fiber glass, and sculptural pieces. Joseph Eichler was a real-estate developer in California. He was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and developed mid-century tract housing subdivisions for the average American family. He build over 11,000 homes. Charles and Ray Eames were a married couple that worked together. They are inventors and lived a very free lifestyle. They focused on Ergonomic factors. My personally favorite chair they designed was La Chaise. Herman Miller started out as the "Star Furniture Company". They offer office furniture, office equipment and more. Herman Miller has a unique history. They weren't always designing modern office furniture. They started off by designing home furniture that wasn't modern. Now they are designing nifty office furniture that is top made and comfortable. PICTURES: CURRENT APPLICATIONS

Kate: I really liked the way you wrote your blog. The pictures you chose were really good as well. Kiera: Great writing and organization of this blog. I liked the current applications you chose in this blog as well.

Modernism started in Germany and France and quickly spread throughout the globe. Travel, journal, books, and exhibitions were vehicles that spread Modernism. World War II had a devastating influence on Europe and the entire world. Closing the Bauhaus caused many designers to flee Europe and come to the United States. Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture was purposely not included in the International style. He first started in Chicago, IL and moved to California. The Hollyhock House was located in Los Angeles California and was made during his Japanese years. He got into the elaborate terraces and gardens. He also created Taliesin in Wisconsin which was more his style. His latest creation was Falling water, which is also one of his most famous pieces of work. Rudolph Schindler studied in the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in Architecture and was born in Austria. He created the modern, west coast residential home. Each home was a unique exploration of space. His style was called "s

Sara: I really liked how you went into detail on specific woman and described their design style. Your pictures were fun to look at. Kendra: I liked how you called this post "rise of the decorator". I thought it was cool how you made a focus point on all the women.

     This was the time period that had the rise of the decorator in it. Decorators focused on ensemble, choosing objects, combining objects and in doing do making aesthetic choices. The job of the "Interior Decorator" was to fully furnish an interior. This would include the obtaining of furniture, art, accessories, floor coverings and any other aspect of creating a cohesive interior design plan.      Elsie de Wolfe was educated in New York and always despised Victorian design. She was an actress at first than became an interior decorator. She helped women become a separate entity from architecture. She proposed that the residential home should reflect the woman of the home's personality. Her design style was a blueprint of modern residential style. She used quality lighting, white walls and furniture, exotic animal prints, small scale French furniture, and the use of chintz fabric. Hew quote she lived by was, "I am going to make everything around me beautiful."