Contrast between Botta and the
Memphis group.
Mario Botta
is a Swiss architect, Graduated from the school of Milan and continued his
studies further on in Venice. Throughout his career Botta managed to design
iconic buildings and products such as Seconda chair, Quinta chair, the
contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan and more. This designer and architect
was highly infulended by the famous Le Corbusier and the American architect
Louis Kahn.
Seconda Chair
The Seconda
chair was designed in 1982 in Italy and was manufactured by Alias Company. The
seconda chair is well known for its geometric and minimal design, the
characteristics of this chair are following straight lines with the use of
right angles and cylindrical form on the top for the cushioning this style was
more found back in the 1970’s ‘The time of Minimalism’. Materials used: Steel, lacquered steel and
polyurethane are some the materials that were used to create this chair, these
characteristics and materials chosen are a true depiction of what the architect
Le Corbusier usually used in his designs. The Seconda chair is a representation
of the contemporary style which was developed past the half mark of the 20th
century.
Mario Botta
Seconda Armchair for Alias
This is an
eccentric piece of furniture were it can fit basically to every setting
imagined, with the use of dark tone and minimal structure it helps with
complimenting any type of setting. The idea behind a matte black aesthetic was
to evoke rationality in response against the Memphis movement back in the 80’s.
80’s design and the Memphis group:
Postmodernism
is the movement that describes best the Memphis group found in 1981, a group
which was formed by Italian designers that created fabrics, ceramics, glass and
metal objects that all together formed part as a furniture piece.
Carlton room
divider
Eccentric,
colourful, strange and bizarre design are the characteristics found in the
Postmodernism movement, this movement evoked a lot of different feeling within
the design industry, this lead to have a huge impact later on in the 90’s as
this movements peek was not when it was found in the 80’s but it was more
popular in the 90’s. This style shows rationality against black un-humoured
design, as the leader of this foundation Ettore Sottsass called this movement
‘The New International Style’
Phillipe Stark lemon squeezer for
Alessi
Critics and
designers were calling this movement as a joke especially by contemporary
designers at the time. Art deco and Pop art are some movements the respective
designers brought their inspirations and ideas from, although it is not always
easily to find these connections they surely liked the idea of proposing and
creating a futuristic and unreal theme to their designs. This was a time were
Classicism, Art Deco, Constructivism, De Stijl, Surrealism, Computer Imagery
were all playing a part in the Postmodernism inspirations. Design were meant to
look kitch both with the materials used and use of non-blending color but
quite the contrary, bright and highly contrasting tones. I myself see a lot of
resemblance in the Surreal and Art Deco style, just by taking a closer look to
its characteristics this style was meant to make the viewer think twice and
question the design principles and contradict the rules and standards required
which is what makes this movement fun.
Bibliography:
Seconda Armchair | Alias | AmbienteDirect.com. 2017. Seconda Armchair | Alias | AmbienteDirect.com. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.ambientedirect.com/en/alias/seconda-armchair_pid_601_5881.html. [Accessed 03 May 2017].
Dezeen. 2017. The Dezeen guide to Postmodern architecture and design. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/23/guide-to-postmodern-architecture-design-glenn-adamson/226747/. [Accessed 03 May 2017].
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