History 2 Haley Becker

The Memphis movement was an eclectic group of a designers that went against modernism. It was an explosion of color, form, pap art, and geometric shapes. Robert Venturi studied at Architecture Princeton University and wrote two influential books that inspired post-modernism. His motto was "less is bore." He studied Las Vegas and the symbolism of architectural form. The need for ornamentation provided unique spaces. The New York Five was a famous group of architects. Michael Graves was one of them. He focused on detailed ornamentation and became handicap and designed accessible spaces after that. He used a lot of colors. Charles Gwathmey graduated from Yale University and he believed in pops of color, different from modernism, and created unique curves and glass. Richard Meier graduated form Cornell university and he wanted to merge the interior and exterior. He loved the color white and that color let other material selections to be more noticeable. John Hejuk was another m

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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

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