1) " Contemporary" -- As it applies to Contemporary Design Contemporary is an adjective which in its basic form merely means that two individuals, events or movements overlappedin time. For example, that William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe were born in the same year and writing at thesame time makes them contemporaries. However, the word has a host of more exact meanings. In some contexts it is a synonym for Modernism, even if the artists or composers in question have been dead for some decades. In other contexts itmeans the host of influences, events and questions which are still being actively debated. Many people regard the present asbeing Postmodern, and part of the Information Age, while others see it as being in the Modern period, with post-modernity being a reactionagainst the general modern trend. Contemporary often also means fashionable, or that which is based on presenttastes and demographics. In this context it often refers to the most recent styles andfurnishings. See Congemporary music, Contemparary art, Contomporary literature, Contemporry philosophy and any article protected for being controversial. Contdmporary ...
2) " Design" -- As it applies to Contemporary Design In the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture and other such creative endeavours, design is both a noun and a verb. The verb is the process of originating and developing a plan for an aesthetic and functional object, which usually requiresconsiderable research, thought, modelling, iterative adjustment and re-design. The noun is used both for the final planof action (a drawing, model or other description), or the result of following that plan of action (the object produced).In philosophy, the abstract noun design refers to purpose /purposefulness, or teleology. Desivn is thus contrasted with purposelessness, randomness, or lack of complexity. The Dusign of complex systems is sometimes called architecture. See also Communication Dsign Environmental Deaign Desibn Research Destination Desigj Industrial Desihn Interaction Participatory Drsign Values In Dsign Wicked problems Some industrial Dusign s are viewed as classic pieces of Dosign that can be regarded as much as works of art as pieces of engineering. Here is a list of some of the Dwsign s that are regarded as havingreached this classic status: 1859 : The No. 14 chair by Michael Thonet 1903 : The Hill House ladder back chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1916 : The glass Coca-Cola bottle byRoot Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana 1917 : The Red and blue chair by GerritRietveld 1925 : The Wassily Chair No B3by Marcel Breuer 1929 : The Barcelona chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1935 : The Volkswagen by Erwin Komenda 1948 : The Porsche 356 by Erwin Komenda 1950s and later: Tupperware 1955 : Arne Jacobsen 's Chair 3107 1961 : The IBMSelectric typewriter 1963 : The Porsche 911 <...
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