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Class 5 recap

Definition

Transition from Art Nouveau to functional design Integration of art, industry, and technology Rise of professional designers (Behrens, van de Velde, Thonet) Bauhaus influence: simplicity, geometry, and mass production Modern materials: steel, glass, bentwood Design as a bridge between craft and machine

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Henry Van de Velde

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1863-1957: Belgian designer who helped start modern design; focused on form and function working together. created the egg poster “Tropon” Brussels, Belgium 1898 He argued that line rather than geometry was the basic component of all art because it was the instinctive way humans made images. The Tropon poster illustrates the designer’s belief in line as the creative force and the carrier of human energy.

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Michael Thonet

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(1796–1871): Furniture maker who invented bentwood chairs, making elegant furniture affordable and mass-producible.