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ORGANIC & SCULPTURAL MODERN (HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE), 1930s - early…
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- inspired by sculptural forms or abstracted living organisms
- rejects hard edges & geometry of International Style
- popular style in furniture + decorative arts
- Consumerism increases; fashion drives design more than ever & manufacturers create new products
- Television replaces radio as the medium of information & entertainment
- Most of the world looks to the United States as design innovator and lifestyle model
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- abstracted curvilinear shapes, undulating lines, bright colors
- Alvar Aalto (Finland) helps popularize organic form
- Oscar Niermeyer’s 1939 Brazilian Pavilion - parabolic curves
- Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan
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-most influential designers study at Cranbrook: Charles and Ray Eames, Florence (Schust) Knoll, & Eero Saarinen
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Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Juan Kurchan, & Antonio Bonet
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