Arts & Crafts

 In 1973 the oil supply was cut off by the Arab nations, putting the west in a panic, losing hope. Once the economy started to improve years later, consumer culture started becoming selfish and taking everything for themselves. These times affected design, architecture, fashion, and philosophy due to a revolt against modernism. This started the Memphis movement which was an eclectic group of designers who wanted to get rid of modern style. They were inspired by past styles like art deco, and pop art thy didn’t want order they wanted irony and distortion. They threw different colors, shapes, and decorations, all cluttered in a space, (shown in the image below) which is very overstimulating in my opinion. Not only was the Memphis group having an influence but the New York Five which is five New York architects that brought stuck to some similar forms and designs as modernism. These five architects had a better balance, they didn’t follow all the same principles of modernism before bu...

  Mid Century modernism focused on flat roofs, angular details, and asymmetrical profiles. Architects started to open up the floor plans as well and were the first to use bi-level structures. Some color schemes that were the most popular with this style were earthy tones like mustard, greens, oranges, browns, and grays. As for furnishings, it was common to include plastics, laminates, and fiberglass to release creativity. One of the architects from this time, Joseph Euchler was a real-estate developer who developed mid-century tract housing subdivisions for American families. He included post and beam construction, open floor plans, glass walls, and concrete floors, with low or no slope roofs. One thing that stood out to me about his buildings was the ceiling windows he included that would allow even more natural light and an amazing view from inside. Furniture and décor such as clocks, grew a lot and became more sculptural and molded materials that were then painted using primary ...