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  After World War 1, modernist designs continued, and artists and designers gradually started to explore new and diverse possibilities in materials, colors and shapes and started using postmodernist furniture in designs. They rejected past and historic designs and focused more on the advances of technology. New technologies included skyscrapers, automobiles, trains, and photography. This new technology provided the opportunity for mass production. Influential designers of this period would include Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. They guided towards a new direction of design. The international style is a major architectural style that  developed in Europe and the United States in the  1920s and '30s. These characteristics are common to Modernism with its artistic aspects. It is identified into three principles: 1) The expression of volume rather than mass,  2) The emphasis on balance rather than preconceived symmetry 3) The expulsion of applied orna

  Protomodernism was a movement that started just a little after the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movement. It began in 1897 and lasted through 1959. This movement was a significant experimentation of using new forms and ideas. The movement started in Munich Germany in 1892, and then made its way to Vienna Austria in 1898, then back to Berlin Germany in 1899. The Deutscher movement was founded by Hurman Muthesius. His purpose was to create “Design based on function thus came together with design based on the character of the material; and with respect for material went respect for the form of construction appropriate to that material. Function, material, and construction are the only imperatives that the modern artist-craftsman observes” This movement had influenced multiple designers such a Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. This development was equivalent to the Arts are Crafts movement with a protest against artistic establishments. Unlike the Arts and Crafts mov

In my last Blog, I talked about Art Nouveau and its influences in the design world. It was an artistic movement that began to thrive in Europe around 1890. It was meant to highlight the importance of decorative arts that were craft-based as opposed to traditional liberal arts. It is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic lines and was engaged most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters and illustration. As it gained popularity in Europe, it shortly made its way to the U.S. through technology, travel and different forms of transportation and communication. This allowed the design elements to join together and rapidly get into the U.S. from Europe. Many artists, designers and architects were excited by new technologies and lifestyles. Art Nouveau has been acknowledged by historians as an important branch between the progression of Neoclassical aesthetics and Modernism. America does signify two very important designers who influenced and