Compose- To compose something is to create or to come up with an idea. Composition is something that is extremely important to design. When you are designing a room or a product you have to be careful about your overall composition you cannot just put pieces together you have to make sure that they relate well together and that the end result will be a pleasing cohesive design. The following image is a design composition of Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright. In this image it was really important for me to focus on the composition because the board needed to read as one overall piece not a board with many different images. Massey talks about how a composition in the Modern Movement was different than that in the past it was simple. “Inspired by a new machine aesthetic, Modern Movement stripped away unnecessary ornament from the interior.” (Massey 63) I do not currently have the image for this word my teachers still ahve it but I will add it as soon as I get it.
Energize- Energizing something means to bring back to life or to give it that pop of color or a grabbing feature. In my history and theory of design class we talked about the question what is modern. We discussed the idea that there are two different types of modern. The first type of modern is modern in the since of industry or new inventions. The second type of modern is modern design. The modern design movement gave new energy to design because it was something new it was something that people were not used to seeing. The following drawing is of the energizer bunny. I think that this bunny represent modern in the sense of industry and inventions. Massey talks about the Modern Movement and about how it energized or brought on new political thinking “As the Modern Movement became accepted by the international avant-garde it acquired new political connotations.” (Massey 87)
Shape- To shape something means to create or to form an idea. In my history and theory of design class we have been talking about Art Nouveau and how it shaped design for France, Italy, Germany, and Australia. All of these design styles have shaped the way that we look at design today and the ideas behind the modern day design movements. In my studio art and drafting classes we have been working to shape our brains to think in a different manner so that we can learn to design in a different light than what we have been used to. The following image from my precedent analysis is of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. I am using this drawing as a basis to shape the rest of my precedent analysis. Roth talks about shaping design “Turning away from symbolic allusions and national building traditions, the purely pragmatic and utilitarian approach to design was to let functional requirements and structural solutions determine the results.” (Roth 521)
Stretch- When talking about the word stretch in relation to my history and theory of design class we have been talking about our precedent analysis and how we need to stretch our brains to a new level and to look at our buildings in a different manner we need to make sure that we are being more analytical. The image here is of a detail drawing from my precedent analysis. Roth talks about stretching our ideas about design “There were, however, other architects in the 1910s and 1920s who believed, conversely, that architecture is much more than a utilitarian appliance-that it can and should be primarily a vehicle for evoking emotional, even mystical states of experience achievable in no other way.” (Roth 535)
Summary- In review of all of these words it is important to remember the actions. All of these words are about moving forward to new design and to new ideas in thinking. These words are words to think about when designing you need to ask if the design can be built upon or improved for the future.
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