scholarly journals Conspicuously Quotidian

Tahiti ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders V. Munch
Keyword(s):  
Modern Design ◽  
International Style ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
Lamp System ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Ideal

The international style of Bauhaus was intended as a promotion of a new lifestyle and way of thinking. This promotional character of modernism, however, was an issue of critique and debate among the Danish modernist designers and architects over decades. They tried to define Danish modern design as product of a national tradition of modest, user-centred objects. As the Bauhaus directors also fought against the reduction of their project to a ‘Bauhaus Style’ or a commercial fad, this was perhaps a fight on words. Beyond the ideal of modest, no nonsense object convincing users through their mute form only, promotion did, of course, had to be part of Danish modernism as well. The design had to be conspicuous in its simplicity through some kinds of presentation to sell to a broader public. Especially in the writings of the Danish architect and cultural criticist, Poul Henningsen, we find a constant negotiation of the two sides of this issue, as he made rather advanced explanations and advertisements for his famous lamp system, the PH-lamp.

Letting in the Light: the Council for Art and Industry and Oliver Hill’s Pioneer Schools

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 275-308
Author(s):  
Jessica Holland
Keyword(s):  
Social Concern ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Career Longevity ◽  
Art Deco ◽  
International Style ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Architectural Research ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Local Materials

The British architect Oliver Hill (1887–1968) was an important and influential figure in the inter-war period. His ability to cross the boundaries of architectural style ensured career longevity and success, but invited a reputation as a half-hearted Modernist, lacking the rigour of his Modern Architectural Research (MARS) Group contemporaries. This view was acknowledged by the MARS chairman Wells Coates (1895–1958), in an early group memorandum of 1933, where he asserted that: ‘Certain people [including Oliver Hill] who are popularly and notoriously known as “modern” architects do not qualify in our sense.’ Unquestionably, there were two sides to Hill’s architecture, as he himself recognized in 1937: ‘Today, my love is divided between the new and the old.’While the MARS Group stuck rigidly to the dogma of the Modern Movement, Hill’s understanding and application of Modernism developed throughout the 1930s. Hill’s Modern buildings chronicle his shifting concept of modernity, reflecting the numerous sub-movements and strands of Modernism in inter-war Britain rather than any halfheartedness in his approach. Commonly remembered for his glitzy early examples of ‘the new’, such as Joldwynds (1930–32) and the Midland Hotel in Morecambe (1932–33), Hill’s Modernism was initially based upon a use of glass and silvered surfaces that straddled Art Deco and the International Style. Yet opulence was gradually replaced by a social concern focused on children’s welfare, evident in a series of exhibits, unrealized projects and school buildings. Hill’s later inter-war Modernism also reflected a wider move toward local materials and construction techniques that acknowledged the peculiarity of English conditions. This article contextualizes Hill’s adoption of Modernism and explores his public work of the late 1930s that combined his fascination for the new with his respect for national tradition.

Comparative analysis of China (Han) & Bangladesh cultural authentication and transformation context on “Motif Design”

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Md Moniruzzaman ◽  
Md Eanamul Haque Nizam ◽  
Md Tanjubul Hasan ◽  
Md Ahosanul Karim ◽  
Maria Afrin Shammi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Pattern ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Historical Progress ◽  
Fashion Designers ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
The Ideal

Now a day, fashion design and clothing manufacturing is going to update day by day. Modern fashion designers are interested to work with the new color, trend, design, pattern, cutline. “Motif Design" and its application may have been a positive way to deal with the ideal tasteful look, while social confirmation and diversification have been considered as key factors. In this study, the author tries to investigate the cultural elements motif between Bangladesh and china (Han). The author investigates different Blogs, magazines, journals, and websites used for the analysis. In order to make this research authentic and credible different local and international published books and articles have been studied. Different websites helped by representing historical progress and reference of the information which adorned in this research. Few Bangladeshi and Chinese apparel fashion brands those who worked with traditional costume were also a way to understand today's influence of Cultural elements. After the analysis, the author finds some features of motif like style, positioning, color and pattern. The research team analyzes those points from the view of two sides. Then the authors finally find out the key similarities from the analysis between the two countries. From the finding, the author designs (flat sketch) a series of dresses for the Contemporary market for future sustainability.

scholarly journals A Utopian Way of Thinking about Work: Tracing William Morris’ Ideas on the Concept of Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-167
Author(s):  
Selcan Peksan
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Model ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
William Morris ◽  
The Core ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
The Future ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Ideal

Social theories present a wide range of criticism regarding the modern organization of work, yet little on the nature of humans and what an ideal concept of work would be. Favoring a utopian way of thinking about work, this paper inspects William Morris’ understanding of work and the basic dynamics of work organization in his vision of the society of the future. This article has chosen to perform an in-depth analysis of his utopian novel News from Nowhere due to the transformation of work laying at the core of the book. By tracing the key patterns of work in Morris’ future utopia which he called Nowhere, this paper proposes the concept of work that articulated in Morris’thought as a means of gaining an alternative model regarding the recent debates about the future of work. In particular, the paper scans Morris’ arguments on labor to demonstrate how Morris’ view presents an inspiring approach for our era. This hopefully opens up the prospect of thinking about the ideal work of the future one wants to achieve.

scholarly journals Developing Critical Reflection: Role of Sustainability in Modern Design and Cultural Heritage

Res Mobilis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Ramin Dorri
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Modern Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Common Future

The Sustainability shift leads to a new way of thinking in all levels of society. It does not mean to shut down production, but to produce better. Designers should understand the whole supply chain, to recognize how things can be designed to make them easier to recycle. In manufacturer level, we must be just as persistent on environmental issues. Now we can attend to export the ideas, instead of materials or stuffs. Designers can share sustainable methods for a price. Even though we cannot predict the future now, thinking sustainable is here to stay. It is the time to find solution for the future all together. By collaborating and using design thoughts we can create our common future.

scholarly journals TWO IMAGES OF IDEAL: BADIOU AND PLATO

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Nikulina
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Important Task ◽  
The Other ◽  
Life World ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Practical Reality ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The One ◽  
The Ideal

The comparison of the strikingly different perspectives on the concepts of “idea”, “the ideal” within works of the two philosophers, separated by ages, uncovers the problem of a relation be-tween “idea” and the phenomena of multiplicity, becoming and movement, also revealing certain possibilities for interpreting “idea” as the principle of liberation from (existing) laws/rules, rather than the pillar of their validity. Herein we intend to demonstrate the potential of interpreting “idea” through the lens of the phenomena of becoming, difference and being as exemplified by A. Badiou’s works. Clarifying such a relation is an important task, because in classical Platonism – as well as in European culture in general – the aspects of immobility and unity of “idea” are emphasized, still creating the impression of an odd isolation of “idea” from the practical reality of the “life world”. However such an image of “idea” is clearly destroyed by the logic of the di-alogue “Parmenides”, where the One is deemed inconceivable without the Other/Many. Within this context it becomes possible to understand “idea” in a “non-platonic” way (though rooted in the platonic way of thinking) through the lens of the “the other/many”, rather than “the one”. We claim that A. Badiou’s interpretation of Plato follow the forementioned frame of understanding, when he grasps “idea” as something profoundly challenging logic, or mathematical structure of any given world.

The Base Camp Paradox: A Reflection on the Place of Tâtonnement in General Equilibrium Theory

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel De Vroey
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
The Other ◽  
General Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Base Camp ◽  
Basic Issue ◽  
Intellectual Interest ◽  
The One ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Ideal

A basic issue in political economy is the question of how a decentralized economy is possible: How can a system survive and, moreover, be efficient, if all decisions are taken independently, that is, without any explicit coordination? The issue has two sides to it. On the one hand, it is a “thought experiment,” falsifiable only on logical grounds, an object of debate for the sake of pure intellectual interest, even for people who might not live in a market economy. On the other hand, for those who do or might live in such an economy, a thought experiment of this kind contains a critical political dimension, for the conclusions derived from it will usually be appealed to in arguing about the ideal organization of the economy.

House Beautiful, Climate Control Project 1949-1953

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Muldowney ◽  
Vandana Baweja
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Control Site ◽  
Climate Control ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
International Style ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Site Planning ◽  
House Beautiful ◽  
The Ideal

The postwar transition to suburbia inaugurated a trend in which most American builders opted to clear the land and build standardized houses without any regard for the site conditions and local climate. Elizabeth Gordon (1906–2000) was the editor of House Beautiful a popular design magazine. She launched the Climate Control Project (1949–1953) to offer the homebuilder guidance on constructing houses suited for the local climate using design principles of orientation, sun control, site planning, and ventilation. Gordon was a strong critic of the International Style that developed in Europe in the interwar period and came to America after the war. This paper will examine the techniques prescribed by the Climate Control Project and draw conclusions about the ideal postwar house promoted by the magazine. Using the Climate Control project, House Beautiful advanced strategies for physiological comfort and efficient utilization of space as central objectives for its readers. By analyzing the articles published throughout the project's duration, this study concludes that the Climate Control Project promoted the idea of a regional American home as the ideal postwar home – as an alternative to the prefabricated mass-produced suburban homes during this time period and the International Style.

Literary and Historical Sources in the Poem «The Celliot» by Yakov Polonsky

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
Anetta Bagayeva
Keyword(s):  
Historical Sources ◽  
Armed Struggle ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
The Way

Yakov Polonsky’s poem «The Celliot», as it was thought in Soviet times, was rejected by Nikolay Nekrasov due to its content that was far from the Eastern question, although Nekrasov also mentioned its volume as the reason for refusal. Polonsky did not agree to reduce it. However, «The Celliot» was a critical response to the aggravation of the Balkan conflict. Polonsky, in order to retouch the meaning, formally relies on the tradition of the Byronic poem, which is manifested in the characters’ system, the chronotopos, motives of alienation and tragic love. In this case, however, the Byronic poem is interpreted in the mirror of the tradition of Russian romantic poem, moreover, in a form of a parody. The main characters of the poem are celliot Cyril and klepht Despot Stefan, who in comparison with each other acquire comic features manifested in their appearance, habits, the way of thinking, attitude towards women. Their desire to get on Mount Athos, which was the ideal of purity, a refuge and a spiritual haven in life, unites them. However, seclusion, according to Polonsky, does not bring Cyril closer to salvation, he finds it outside Athos. The pirate island, combining both heaven and hell at the same time, becomes a place of spiritual growth for the heroes: rejection of religious fanaticism and transition to serving the homeland. In his work Polonsky builds a non-trivial concept where the world of holiness, ascesis and the sinful world are interchanged. Simple klephts are the spokesmen of the eternal battle of the forces of good and evil, trying to bring its end closer. Criticism of Athos and support of the Slavs’ armed struggle became the main factors that hampered the publication of «The Celliot».

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