Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Furniture

DESIGN ESSAY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH'S FURNITURE Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect and designer whose chaste, functional style exerted a strong influence on 20th century architecture and interior design. He was born on June 7th, 1868, one of eleven children in the Townhead area of Glasgow. From these beginnings, he has become one of the most celebrated designers and architects of his generation. He trained as an architect at a local firm and studied art and design at evening classes in the Glasgow School of Art (Which he then went on to design the front of). He rejected overdecorated Victorian styles in favour of a spare simplicity that feature geometric shapes and unadorned surfaces. In Europe, the originality of Mackintosh's style was quickly appreciated and in Germany and Austria he received the acclaim that he was never truly to gain at home. By 1914 he had despaired of ever receiving recognition in Glasgow. His main influence was Japanese designs and this is obvious from his furniture, which combines attenuated straight lines with subtle curves. He took his inspiration from our Scottish traditions and blended them with the flourish of Art Nouveau and the simplicity of Japanese designs. Mackintosh was an important interior designer and is maybe best known for his high-backed chairs which is what I am going to be looking at in this essay. He

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Investigating The Effectiveness of a Home - Insulation Method.

Jill Heyes. 10H. Tuesday 11th December. 2001. Investigating The Effectiveness of a Home Insulation Method. Plan We are going to investigate the effectiveness of a home insulation method. Loft insulation. Double glazing. Cavity wall insulation Draught proofing. We have chosen to investigate the effectiveness of Loft insulation. Home heating costs money, not just to buy the heaters, but also to pay for the fuel that has been used. The amount of fuel we use as a nation each year to keep warm is equivalent to 30million tones of coal. Better insulation in our homes cuts down on fuel bills and could reduce the need for more power stations. Loft insulation is very cost effective. A home without loft insulation loses heat through the roof almost as quickly as if there wasn't a roof at all. There are various materials for loft insulation which all work on the principle that the best insulator is a layer of still air trapped just above the upper floor ceilings. Glass-fibre, mineral wool, expanded polystyrene, vermiculite and cork are all suitable. Loft insulating materials containing a high proportion of air trapped in little solid matter. Aluminium foil is also used for insulation. Loft insulation material is available in rolls or sheets or as granules for pouring between joists.

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