History of Industrial Design

What chair was the first tubular steel frame chair
to go into production?

Wassily Chair (B3 “Club” armchair)

What is the B3 “Club” armchair also known as?

The Wassily Chair

What was the Wassily Chair inspired by?

Adler Handlebars

What is the base of the Wassily Chair called?

Sled Base

What is a Sled Base on a chair?

Two parallel legs that run along the ground

What is special about Marcel Breuer Nesting Tables?

The same part, used twice

What is special about the Marcel Breuer Table

It is the same part used four times

Who bought the shares of Breuer’s furniture company?

Gebrüder Thonet

What does L’Esprit Nouveau mean?

The New Spirit

What is special about the Fauteuil Grand Confort Chair

The frame is outside of the cushions: first time this was done

What are the five point of architecture

1. Pilotis (structural columns at the ground floor)
2. Free Plan
3. Free Façade
4. Ribbon Windows
5. Roof Garden

What is special about the Le Corbusier House?

Ground floor is designed to respond to the Citroën

Who was the founder of Automobiles Citroën?

André Citroën

What is special about Tubular Steel

It is low in cost

What did Lilly Reich do?

Collaborated with Mies on furniture designs

What did Oskar Barnack do for cameras

He allowed for advancing film sideways

Edmund Rumpler’s Teardrop Car was the first…

Was the first streamlined car

Was the first person to call himself an Industrial Designer

Joseph Sinel

What was Joseph Sinel known for in his designs

Scale designs, technique called engine turning (jewelling)

What was the first commercial synthetic plastic

Bakelite

What are the properties of Bakelite

Heat resistant
Electrical insulation
Thermosetting plastic
Form variety – molded into all kinds of shapes
Color variety
Lightweight

A major figure in the birth of Industrial Design

Walter Dorwin Teague

What did Walter Dorwin Teague begin?

Began The Society of Industrial Design with: IDSA

Walter Dorwin Teague was also known as the…

Dean of industrial design

What was popular on the Baby Brownie Camera

Speed Lines