A series of comparisons between the industrial and domestic designs of the early 1900’s and their 1950-1960’s equivalents, in which form is determined by function. Includes examples of architectural and household appliance designs.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003963
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Design, Industrial
Crafts & Visual Arts → Form (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Functionalism (Architecture)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Functionalism in art
Documentary → Documentary films - Germany
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Design - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Household appliances
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Design, Industrial
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Engineering design
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)