Streamlining- 1930-1950
Streamlining is based
on rounded, smoothly finished it is
known more for
it teardrop forms these type of
form were first used during the early 20th century
transportation technologies some example are
the shipping, aircrafts and also the automobiles, these were to improve
the hydrodynamic and also the aerodynamic which these are the performance when they are
moving at a high speed. During the 1930s
the streamlined forms were basically being used not for the function but to
make household products so that they will appeal to the customers.
The streamlining also has
the manufacturing in different products mostly from the competitors while they
were restyling the programs so that they will be able to help accelerate the
aesthetic life-cycle products and also by increasing the sales.
We can also see some
designers that have worked in the streamlining which are Raymond Loewy, Norman
Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss and also Walter Dorwin Teague which these artists
had worked as fashion illustrators, stage designers and also commercial
artists.
Designers were able to
create these sleek modern looking forms
out of clay which there are made as
models which are, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, radios,
cameras and also telephones. The casting for the products were made out of the
Bakelite, and also thermoset plastic which these were suited to the modeling of
the streamlined form.
One of the designers
that was Raymond Loewy have designer the Coldspot refrigerator which was for
Sears which was the first domestic appliances where they were marketed on its
look and its performance where these
came highly celebrated.
Some other artists we
find are Jumo Bakelite and also Ben Bowden these designers are also inspired
form the streamlining.
This product looks
interesting because it has
a function and also it is
portable because it can
be closed down
and be easily to
carry around , it looks like
it is inspired
from a stapler. It is a design that had a very
inelegant thought behind this design and this product. The material that I
assume that it was used is the plastic
and metal.
Ben Bowden Bicycle of the Future
We also cans see
that the designs
that we find in the streamlining are based
on some shape
which that helps the
people realize that that
particular designed have
been inspired from the
streamlining. I like the shape
and forms that this particular
style used because it
looks and gives
the feel of
the modern design, which
nowadays people looks at
that particular thing and
most of the people
are having the houses and
buying products that are in
modern style.
Here I am comparing a modern bicycle where I am comparing this modern bicycle to the streamline bicycle where these 2 bicycles are similar to each other. We also can see that the wheels of this particular modern bicycle have the wheels modern as well we usually see bicycles that the will have lines which are made out of metals or wires where in the modern bicycle it has only the 3 parts which is the same material as the whole bicycle. On the whole streamlining and nowadays design are similar to each other.
Author: Charlotte and
Peter Fiell, Title of the Book : Design of the 20 th century, Published:
Taschen, pg 673-674
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