Explorations Unit Review

With explorations, the idea of borrowing from the past and looking to the future come together and work in unison to express a rapidly changing society post and pre war. Several factors aid this idea such as technological advances, changes in sociological perspectives, as well as political views, and being exposed more prominently to other countries' ways in which they think of design.

The world's fairs bring about more sophisticated ways in which we communicate our design ideas across the world. It's purpose generated a likeness in innovation across countries and ways in which we reinterpret them in our own ideas. Technology becomes more sophisticated and introduces a more diverse range of materials in which we "explore" to create forms that have never before been thought of. Forms that integrate the human form and reflect an aesthetic that correlates the shift in design to modernism.

Modernism deals with lack of ornamentation and expressing the idea concepts in the most crisp clean ways while keeping in mind complete utilization. This shift was the result of technological advancement as well as urbanization. Urbanization caused designers to rethink ways in which they interpreted building design because the observant architect would notice that people in rapidly growing cities would oftentimes be in such a hurry that they wouldn't stop to notice any small ornate details.

Design is still looking to the past whether to be inspired or the desire to build up to never leave our intents, with the advent of steel. This allows more freedom to build up and build up we do to never before thought of heights. Geometric lines and forms in our buildings reflect modernism and houses began to take on different forms as well.

Subsequently,  bungalows were also thought of in terms of thinking about how people leaving behind a more rural lifestyle might look to a more simple and temporary dwelling. These dwelling borrowed on ideas of the past that give the impression of order.

The bungalow also reflected the sociological shift of urbanization, which directly related to production on a massive scale due to technological advances. A growing economy led to jobs in the city, and people wanting a piece of capitalist cake. This meant smaller spaces due to less family time, and more neat design choices due to a diminishing house servant staff. This also meant consumerism on a larger scale. Woman were for the most part integrated into the role of house wife which gave them the freedom of most design choices, and encouraged corporations to appeal to this group.

International design finally is where we left off. It is the business of countries borrowing form each other and reiterating it into their own cultures. This coincides with more broader ways of communication and advertisement. Growing economies look to other countries as potential clientele and we see a blending of ideas. Exploring other countries that learn from their own past experiences is how we are able to find a commonality with each other.