The Unabomber For 17 years‚ an elusive criminal sent homemade bombs that targeted universities‚ airlines and computer stores‚ killing three people and injuring 23 others. The FBI branded Theodore Kaczynski a domestic terrorist‚ with the nickname the “Unabomber” (Unabomber). Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ where‚ as a child prodigy‚ he excelled academically. He was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16‚ where he graduated from four years later and then earned
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Research on Arts&Crafts Movement and Bauhaus 1. Introduction Arts and Crafts Movement and Bauhaus are two major movements in design history. In this paper‚ the author aims at making an overview of the two movements including the historical‚ cultural and social context and revealing the philosophy behind each movement. In order to obtain an in-depth understanding‚ the author chooses William Morris from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Walter Gropius from Bauhaus and their significant artworks as case
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of the constantly changing points of the view and an inner space with the outer one in the moving viewer’s eyes creates the impression of four-dimensionality. To be able to realize my dreams‚ I tried to create the design expressed in the Manifesto of the Bauhaus‚ Walter Groupius utopia "of the new future building that will be an all in one form: architecture‚ sculpture and
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The Industrial Revolution and The Bauhaus The Industrial Revolution‚ which began in England around 1760‚ led to radical changes at every aspect in architecture. The growth of heavy industry brought a flood of new building materials such as cast iron‚ steel‚ and glass with which architects and builders devised structures undreamed of in size‚ form‚ and function. New types of buildings such as rail road stations‚ warehouses‚ exchanges‚ shopping malls‚ exhibition halls were required in the rapidly
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out of the center or Prague and the Old Parliament building is now under the ownership of the National Museum Bauhaus architecture is a great style of architecture for those who prefer minimalism as well as function or style. Buildings constructed from the Bauhaus design are always cubic in shape. They feature four flat sides as well as flat roof tops. The colors of the typical Bauhaus building are generally black‚ white‚ grey or sometimes beige - however an owner can change the color if desired
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DESIGN IN CONTEXT “ A style does not go out of style as long as it adopts to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind‚ it is never the style that triumphs.” Coco Chanel Visual communications are a reflection of their time and often depict the fashion‚ taste and trends of a period. The impact of social change can be clearly seen in many areas of design including fashion‚ architecture‚ graphic design and product design. What was
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THE FUTURISTS - Embraced new technology and urbanism as expressions of the modern. more important theoretically and ideologically‚ than formally or technically - First Manifesto‚ Feb.20‚ 1909 on the front page of Le Figaro‚ Paris; important gesture for the future development of media art written by F.T. Marinetti (1876-1944)‚ poet influenced by Walt Whitman‚ who offered "a vision of a world of grandiose individuality‚ a world where machinery was an accepted part of life." Marinetti mailed copies
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Paris hosted the “Exposotion Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes” Egyptian‚ American Indian and African and arts all had their influence on Art Deco in this special decade‚ and so did specific Greek art. With the power of the Bauhaus and the global style ( International Style) after 1925‚ Art Deco arrived with its final development that turned out to be a sign of the industrial age‚ as a result achieving a way to bring together the arts and machine production that had given artists
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From Embodying Ornament to Functional and Aesthetic Space in Early-20th-Century Architecture. "If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." Despite the risk of sounding cliché by opening with a Ludwig Wittgenstein quote‚ this is where we shall begin. It is something that relates back to a basic human instinct that is so deeply rooted in our DNA. Why do we yearn so intuitively for ideas that are silly and nonsensical? The answer is balance. Everything in the universe
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“Germany experienced a period of political calm‚ economic development and social progress in the mid 1920s.” How far do you agree with this judgement? The Stresemann years of 1924-29 have often been portrayed as the “golden years” of Weimar Germany; however this idea has been challenged my many historians. During this period there was an element of political calm but it was mainly typified by political inaction and a failure of coalition governments to agree on any important issues. Economic development
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