Organic Design means where architects build new buildings that connect with their surroundings, whether it is nature, cities, urban etc.
Interiors were made to be similar to the exterior of the architecture. They used organic shapes,
soft flowing forms, natural materials such as stone and wood. Whether with designers they produce their product with natural forms and materials.
Most two popular designers of
the Organic Design are:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of
the most important American architects of the twentieth century. One of his best architecture is the Falling Water
house, build directly onto a river. It was build in 1935 in Southwestern
Pennsylvania. This house has simple and geometric forms all over. The interior is an open space with a fireplace in the middle and furniture all over the area but mostly against the wall. It was
the most modern house of that time even for today’s architecture it is still a
very good example of architect. Wright
was not only an architect but also a product designer such as couch, chairs,
tables, desks mostly every piece of furniture. The falling water house is
filled with almost all his designs. As for all geometric and very sharp edges
is the same way, as the De Stijl style would do in their designs.
The Interior of the Falling Water
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was
a Scottish architect, designer and an artist.
Mackintosh produced quite a lot of products that their design is still popular and impressive nowadays. His
products match to one another such as the Willow Chair that rests on a box
instead of legs. Its broad, curved back has a pattern of rectangles
and
parallel lines. This grid pattern is taken up again in the DS 322 table. The
grid is a different shape and much bigger but it still have the connection of
it.
Willow chair
Alvar Aalto did a huge success in the history of design. In 1924 he
married the designer, Aino Mariso and for five years they conducted experiments
together into the bending of wood. Having turned to laminated wood and plywood as his material of
choice. Two of his best chairs are the No 41(Paimio) and the No 31 (cantilevered). These two chairs made a huge success in his life. He changed the look of wood from straight to curves, loops, flows and soft rounded edges.
No 31 Cantilevered No 41 Paimio
Charles and Ray Eames were a married couple that conducted a lot of products in the industry of design. Their first chair was
the Lounge Chair made out all from Wood, they worked together with Eero Saarinen, and it was blown away by the viewers. This chair does not have sharp edges just curves and bended wood all over, the same as Aalto experimented with. It has a strange look for its legs the front are more longer whether of the back are lowered but it still has stability and comfort. The
most known chair for this couple is the 
Lounge chair and Ottoman almost perfect
seating. It looks both offices and private homes. This armchair was a delicate process for the huge amount of bending in the wood especially the bottom part of the seat when it was done they stacked it up with foam and covered it with leather. This was the same process for the stool.
The International style was a
great success and made a huge impact on architecture and design. It is the
beginning of a new way of building things where one can combine the nature with
the man made products.
Bernard
Polster, Claudia Neumann, Markus Schuler and Fredrick Leven, 2004. The
AZ of Modern design
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