DSDN171:designincontext

VernerPanton,FantasyLandscape,!970

historyofdesignhistoryofstyles≠

“Thenarrativehistorianalwayshastheprivilegeofdecidingthatcontinuitycutsbetterintocertainlengthsthanintoothers.Heneverisrequiredtodefendhiscut,becausehistorycutsanywherewithequalease,andagoodstorycanbeginanywherethetellerchooses.”GeorgeKubler,TheShapeofTime:RemarksontheHistoryofThings(NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress,1962),2.

designbeforedesign:

The continuing curve

designandreform:B e a u t y , U t i l i t y , + P o l i t i c s

ornamentandcrime:modern ismand the c r imes o f o rnament

MaximVelcovskyBlueOnionCollection:Ornament&Crime,2001

COLOUR:h is to ry + theory

WassilyKandinsky.SeveralCircles.1926.Oiloncanvas

modernvision:photography,film,andthecameraeye

narrativesofprogress:technology,design,+nationalism

Futurama,designedbyNormanBelGeddes,NewYorkWorld’sfair,1939

modernism:standardisation,rationalisation,andthesearchfortheuniversal

politicsofdesign:lifestyles+democracy

post-modernismandtheREMIX

"Itistherelationshipamongthings--ratherthanthethingsthemselves--thatgivesobjectstheiridentities.Thoughwetendtoregardthemashavingstableandenduringcharacteristics,thedeterminationof'thingness'ismoreamatterofgroupingsandclassificationsthanitisaconsequenceofinherentmaterialproperties.“ KeithMitnick,ArtificialLight:anarrativeinquiryintothenatureofabstraction,immediacyandotherarchitecturalfictions(NewYork:PrincetonArchitecturalPress,2008),42.

nature b e a u t y u t i l i t y c l a s s t a s t e o r n am e n t h o n e s t y

animalbowls,HellaJongerius,2004

pol i t ics e x h i b i t i o n c o n s um e r i sm

i n d u s t r i a l i s a t i o n m o d e r n i t y n a t i o n a l i s m

UK“Seed”Pavilion,HeatherwickStudio2010ShanghaiExpo

media

p h o t o g r a p h y f i l m

p a n o r am a s p e c t a c l e s p a c e d u r a t i o n

FigureHopping,seriesofphotographsbyEadweardMuybridge,1887

DSDN171:designincontext+core,15points+lecture,Wed.9.00am-10.00am,weekly+tutorials,50mins.,weekly,Thurs./Friday

StreamA:Thurs. 08:30am–09:20am   Room: VS318StreamB: Thurs. 09:30am–10:20pm   Room: VS318StreamC: Thurs. 12:40pm–13:30pm   Room: VS318StreamD: Thurs. 13:40pm–14:30pm   Room: VS318StreamE:  Fri.    12:40pm–13:30pm   Room: VS308StreamF: Fri.    13:40pm–14:30pm   Room: VS308StreamG: Fri.    14:40pm–15:30pm   Room: VS308StreamH: Fri.    15:40pm–16:30pm   Room: VS308

+tutorsKathFoster:streamsA+BHelenAndreae:streamC+DNanO’Sullivan:streamsE-H

DSDN171:designincontext

+assessments:writtentestsx2 =40%finalgradeblogassignmentsx10 =50%finalgradetutorialparticipation =10%finalgrade

+hints:cometolectureeveryweektakegreatnotesyouCANusethemforthetests

learningobjectives+formulateoriginalandcriticalperspectivesaddressingkeyhistoricalandcontemporarydesignissues

+demonstrateunderstandingoftherelationshipsbetweendesignandbroadersocialandculturalcontexts

+negotiateideasincriticalresponsetodesignpractice—socially,culturally,economically,ecologically,andpolitically

+recognisekeyideasandreoccurringthemesinthehistoryofdesignandbeabletocontextualisetheirimpactonpracticetoday

DSDN171:designincontext

learningobjectives[abilities]+pursueindependentresearchonspecifictopicsofinterestandrelevance

+flexibilityandcompetencewithbothwrittenandvisualmediaincriticalresearchandanalysis

+composeaclearargumentandappropriateevidenceaddressingdesignrelatedissues

+abilitytosuccessfullymanagetimeandworkload

DSDN171:designincontext

CourseCoordinator:MargaretMailePettymargaret.petty@vuw.ac.nzofficehours:Mon.9.30-11.00

Buj+ColónArquitectos,pharmacy,Palencia,Spain

blogassignment1due:18.00,Friday,16Julybrief:+useyourDSDN101blog;tagortitleblogpostswithDSDN171andassignmentnumber+postanentrydescribinganexampleofdesignthatyouthinkisimportant +in50wordsorlessdescribewhyyouthinkitisimportant+ifyoudonothaveaDSDN101blog,pleasecreateablogforthecourseandemaillinktoblogtoyourtutor