Modernism and Post Modernism

Modernism and Post Modernism In the 21century, the products developments are changed a lot. But there are many products still designed by two evolutions - Modernism and Postmodernism. They are very important ideology for the design. And also The Postmodernism is evolved from Modernism. However, Modernist and Postmodernist are still using for many products design. Modernism and Postmodernism have their own ideas and principles which help people to identify the different between them. In the following paragraphs, I will describe the different between Modernism and Postmodernism in product design. And show some products of them, also analyze the products briefly. First of all, I'm going to talk about Modernist design in product design. The time period of Modernism is start at the beginning of 20 century. Modernism is base on practicality, so the products are simple and emphasize on functions. Modernism oppose too much unnecessary decorate (Wikipedia, nd, [Online]). It is emphasize simplify, pure geometrical forms, clear, neat and tiny. It always gives the meaning or purpose directly (Wikipedia, nd, [Online]). Also the material used of modernist design is very emphasizing on quality (Wikipedia, nd, [Online]). However, all of the modernist designs concentrate on pure geometrical forms, simplicity, clarity of form and functional (Wikipedia, nd, [Online]). For example, there is a

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educational toy

Situation: Educational Toy Educational Toys are used in a variety of situations. You need to identify an area where educational toys are used and identify a problem that needs to be solved Select an objective below: Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Objective 5 Objective 6 Objective 1 Task No 1 Time: 30 minutes Investigate what is meant by Educational Use a dictionary and write a definition of Educational. Draw a spider diagram with Educational at the centre.Investigate what is meant by Toys.Use a dictionary and write a definition of Toys. Draw a spider diagram with Toys at the centre.Educational Toy Spider Diagram may include:machines, mechanisms, lever, wheel, axle, pulley, automatic, lacking originality, sound, colour, texture, numbers, alphabet, counting, energy, helpful, environment, man made etc. Toys Spider Diagram may include: Entertainment, fun, interesting, play, by watching others, sensory experiences, experiment, imitating, using models, educational, therapeutic, attractive, tactile, cost, materials, etc.Select from the spider diagram appropriate words and write in sentences and or graphic forms. Homework Decide what type of educational toy you will research. Produce a well designed and presented front cover for the design folder. You may find a computer helpful and use cut and collage techniques. On each page of your folder include

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Natural Timber project

Natural Timber Task 1; Hard Woods Ash (Oak Stain) An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of which about 400 species exist. The genus is native to the northern hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas. Oaks have spirally arranged leaves, with a lobed margin in many species; some have serrated leaves or entire leaves with a smooth margin. The flowers are catkins, for being evergreen, but are not actually a distinct group and instead dispersed across the genus. Oak wood has a density of about 0.75 g/cm³, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has very attractive grain markingsproduced in spring. The fruit is a nut called an acorn, borne in a cup-like structure known as cupules. Each acorn contains one seed and takes 6-18 months to mature, depending on species. The live oaks are distinguished. Pines Pines are coniferous trees in the genus Pinus. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species. Pines are native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. Pines are evergreen and resinous trees (rarely shrubs) growing to 3-80 m tall, with the majority of species reaching between 15-45 m tall. The smallest are Siberian Dwarf Pine and Potosi Pinyon, and the

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Stretching Materials

Stretching Materials Planning My Work For this experiment I will need to investigate the factors that effect the 'stretch' or extension of a piece of material. Aim: To find a relationship between the length a piece of material can stretch under a certain weight, and how a certain length effects how much it stretches. The extension of the materials I use will rely on whether the molecules are strong enough to hold a definite shape. In a solid there are two forces acting. There are attractive forces if molecules try to move apart and repulsive forces if molecules try to move closer. If the material is stretched then the forces are unbalanced. This is what is taking place in our experiment. We will want to investigate the stretch of our materials and so it is important to bare in mind this information to identify the key factors that might affect the extension of the material. From this information we can predict that the weight we apply to our material will effect its extension by adding to the downward force acting on the material. However the properties of the material we use will also vary its extension by the individual structure of the molecules in each material. To reach our aim we will also carry out a set of experiments, again with the different materials, where the length of the material is varied. We will carry out this experiment to reach our aim of

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Year 9 Technology Jewellery Assignment

. What was the first type of jewellery made by people? Jewellery had begun in Africa about ten thousand million years ago. Africans in the Semlike River Valley of Congo (Zaire) in 100,100 BC to 70,000 BC were creating complex tools from stones, shells, bones and any other material found in the area. Some materials came from animals and humans. Inside the Blombos Caves of South Africa, there were facts of engraved pictures on the walls such as a block of red ochre which is dated to be about 70,000 to 100,000 years old. In the exact same cave, the very first evidence of jewellery was found and to be over 50,000 years old. 2. What sort of people made this jewellery? People who made this kind of jewellery I believe were the Africans and their unique tools made from stones and bones. Some of these jewellery might have come from the environment itself but people claimed it too be their own. Only people who have the skills to make jewellery and who have the tools. 3. What type of material is used today in the manufacture of jewellery? Metal Gold Silver Bronze Plastic Glass Diamonds 4. Why has change in Jewellery material occurred over time? The making of Jewellery using ivory was banned because of the people needed it more than just Jewellery and they were running out on

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Oil, natural gas, and coal are the main sources of energy for modern use. All of these fuels are classified as fossil fuels. They are hydrocarbon deposits because they contain hydrogen and carbon

Formation All of the three major types of fossil fuels were formed many millions of years ago in the Carboniferous period. The Carboniferous period occurred from about 360-286 million of years ago. Coal was one of these fossil fuels. At the time the land was covered with swamps filled with enormous trees and plants. As the trees and the plants died, they sank to the bottom of these swamps. They formed layers of a spongy material called peat. Over many hundreds of years, sand, clay and other minerals covered the peat that made it into sedimentary rock. More and more pressure was applied to the peat and also the heat built up making the water and gas squeeze out eventually forming coal! What is coal? Coal is a hard, black coloured substance. It is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and varying amounts of sulphur. The three main types of coal are anthracite, bituminous and lignite. Anthracite is the hardest and has the highest carbon content; this also gives it the highest energy content. Lignite is the softest and low in carbon but high in high in hydrogen and oxygen. Bituminous is in between. The earliest known use of coal was in china-about 3500 years ago. What are fossil fuels? Oil, natural gas, and coal are the main sources of energy for modern use. All of these fuels are classified as fossil fuels. They are hydrocarbon deposits because they contain hydrogen

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Product Analysis - my table lamp design

Product Analysis 1 Denzel

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Modernism. The Bauhaus was influenced by the term Truth To Materials because one its main principal is functionality. The rejection of principles is also an important influence

Modernism The Bauhaus is an institute for education of German architecture, industrial art and handicraft. The architect Walter Gropius founded it in Weimar in 1919. In 1925 the Bauhaus moved to Dessau, into a radically modern building, for the time, designed by Gropius. The New Bauhaus Art Institute was opened on 4th December 1926. The building complex was made of steel and glass. It was considered an architectural masterpiece. The Bauhaus was influenced by the term "Truth To Materials because one its main principal is functionality. The rejection of principles is also an important influence. The designers tried to look at design completely differently than the status quo. They tried to look at things purely and simply. The Bauhaus' designers did not use extravagant materials this made their designs affordable and available to the general public. The term "form follows function" means that if you design something, purely thinking about the function, a form will follow that meets the original function. The Idea comes from the American architect Louis Sullivan. Most of the designs from the Bauhaus follow this idea. The teaching methods of the Bauhaus are still used today. One year is spent in the university doing a variety of subjects before the pupils spend three more years studying one of the topics that they studied the first year. Marianne Brandt is an

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Metal Work

Project Analysis This is a metal container which holds storage to 8 metals Boule's. This is used for a French game usually played on sand or grass. Positive Negative The Box looks attractive and provides a nice storage unit for the balls. It can only fit Objects of a round nature. This box is also very small and it limits the amount of players to play this game The Box is made from aluminium which helps the box last longer in all conditions including rain. It is very easy to carry and therefore it can go on long distance trips with them. Page 2 Project Analysis This Metal Device Holds CD's as well as DVD's. It is made from aluminium and has a metal handle for transportation Positive Negative The Box looks attractive and provides a nice storage unit for CD's and DVD's. It can only fit Objects that are no longer than 15 cm in width The Box is made from aluminium which gives the box smash-proof protection It is very easy to carry and therefore it can go on long distance trips with them. Page 3 Project Analysis This is a Key Ring Case. This is used to make the key ring look good and therefore stand out to people's attention Positive Negative The Box looks attractive and provides a nice storage unit for this metal key ring It can only fit this Key ring or other very small objects in it. This box is very small and sleek and this allows the buyer

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Properties of Analgesics

Lab Report TITLE Properties of Analgesics SUMMARY The mass of three analgesics, aspirin, buffered aspirin, and acetaminophen is certainly different. The insoluble particles in each varied as well. If base is added to aspirin, it will neutralize. If it is added to buffered aspirin and acetaminophen, then the pH will increases. First, we found the masses of four tablets of each analgesic. Then, we ground them separately into a powder. Each was dissolved in water and filtered, leaving only the insoluble particles behind The mass of the uncrushed analgesics was compared to its insoluble parts. On the next day, we found the pH of each analgesic, then added NaOH to each in 1mL increments, testing the pH each time. We compared the differing masses (of both the four pills and the insoluables) and the varying pH levels of each analgesic. DATA TABLES: table1 table2 Observation of the Filtering Paper: When the first filtering took place (filtering of aspirin), it left powdered aspirin behind. This was the insoluble materials of aspirin. The other two produced the same results, leaving behind insoluble particles. The buffered aspirin seemed to take longer to filter, followed closely by acetaminophen. The aspirin took the shortest amount of time. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION The masses of the four tablets for each analgesic was: aspirin tablets were 1.929g;

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