DESIGN THAT MAKES SENSE- BP 13

DESIGN THAT MAKES SENSE:

In light of the emergence of the chair card test, I chose three chairs to focus the importance of Scandinavian design on.  The Alvar Aalto Paimio chair, Verner Panton's Stacking Chair, and Gerrit T. Rietveld's Zig Zag Chair all are examples of well implemented Scandinavian design.

After World War II, modernity and innovation were being called upon from everywhere, and Scandinavia took on the challenge in their own fashion.  They adopted the new technologies and materials in their own European style by exposing structure and material.

Some main features were leaving finishes exposed, as well as curves.  With the use of the new technology, they were able to create extremely smooth curves, similar to the Aalto Paimio chair.

The look became more mechanic and the Verner Panton stacking chair became the first single-molded fiberglass chair.  Scandinavian design used the new materials such as newer plastics without limiting themselves or without shying away from the possibilities of what could be done.

Geometry and Rhythm was important for Gerrit T. Rietvelds Zigzag chair.