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Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
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Theo Zamenopoulos, of the OU design faculty, offers a glimpse into the ideological and historical context of design ideas and principles. With Emma Curtis, curator of the Design Museum, and Nathaniel Hepburn, curator of the Mascalls Art Gallery, Theo looks at the key ideas that emerged as the driving force behind design using specific examples from the history of chair design. This material forms part of The Open University course T217 Design Essentials.

Author: The Open University
Language: English
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  • Chairs – are you sitting comfortably?
    Duration: 00:03:25
    Date: 26.08.2014
  • No chair is an island
    Duration: 00:01:26
    Date: 26.08.2014
  • Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33
    Duration: 00:03:02
    Date: 26.08.2014
  • Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair
    Duration: 00:02:33
    Date: 26.08.2014
  • Semantics and form: Tom Dixon’s Crown Chair
    Duration: 00:03:31
    Date: 26.08.2014
  • Process-driven design: Konstantin Grcic’s Myto Chair
    Duration: 00:01:50
    Date: 22.08.2014
  • Nature-inspired design: Frank Gehry’s Cross Check Chair
    Duration: 00:02:17
    Date: 22.08.2014
  • Less is more: Jasper Morrison’s Air-Chair
    Duration: 00:02:33
    Date: 22.08.2014
  • Form follows function: Jerszy Seymour's PlayStation chair
    Duration: 00:03:45
    Date: 22.08.2014
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