Design Movements
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Art Deco
Art Deco, or Deco, first appeared in France after World War I and flourished internationally in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The style is often characterized by rich colours, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. Its popularity waned after World War II.
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art – especially the decorative arts – that was most popular during 1890–1910. Art Nouveau is known as Jugendstil in Germany, Modern in Russia, Modernisme in Catalonia, Secession in Austria-Hungary and Stile Liberty in Italy.
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Bauhaus
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German architect Walter Gropius (1883–1969). Its core objective was a radical concept: to reimagine the material world to reflect the unity of all the arts. Other visual artists included Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky and Josef Albers.
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Constructivism
Constructivism was primarily an art and architectural movement originating in Russia after World War 1. It rejected the idea of art for arts’ sake and the traditional bourgeois class of society to which previous art had been catered. Instead it favoured art as a practise directed towards social change or that would serve a social…
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Dada
Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestos, art theory, theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.
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Futurism
Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, and violence, and objects such as the car, the aeroplane, and the industrial city. It glorified modernity and aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past.
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International Swiss Style
The International Typographic Style, also known as the Swiss Style, is a graphic design style that emerged in Russia, the Netherlands and Germany in the 1920s and developed by designers in Switzerland during the 1950s. The International Typographic Style has had profound influence on graphic design as a part of the modernist movement, impacting many…
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Modernism
Modernism in design and architecture emerged in the aftermath of the First World War and the Russian Revolution – a period when the artistic avant-garde dreamed of a new world free of conflict, greed and social inequality. It was not a style but a loose collection of ideas.
Other design movements forthcoming posts
Expressionism
Surrealism
Impressionism
Influential Designers
Other forthcoming posts
EYE Magazine from Greece: http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/signs-of-a-city
Designhistory.org (Western design only)